Kiril Georgiev chess record in Sofia!

Source: Chessdom

Kiril Georgiev chess record in Sofia!

GM Georgiev before the start of the simul

GM Kiril Georgiev has achieved a chess record in Sofia by playing against 360 players this Saturday. The event took place in the Expo Center in the Bulgarian capital, where a labyrinth of chess sets and tables was build for the event. Over 1000 spectators passed through the playing hall and the match was carefully followed by BBC and the Russian TV. GM Georgiev won more than 80% of the games which entitles him as the new official world record holder. Spectacular performance by the Bulgarian GM with about 20 km walking distance!

Chessdom.com has been following closely the performance of GM Georgiev since 2007 and congratulates him for the fantastic effort in the chess simul!

Our correspondent Georgi Nikolov reported in detail and Liudmil Stavrev from Chessfish.com provided multiple photos from the events for Chessdom.com.