# George Koltanowski

> George Koltanowski was a Belgian-born American chess player, promoter, and writer. He was informally known as "Kolty". Koltanowski set the world's blindfold record on 20 September 1937, in Edinburgh, by playing 34 chess games simultaneously while blindfolded, making headline news around the world. He also set a record in 1960 for playing 56 consecutive blindfold games at ten seconds per move.

*Chess master (1903–2000)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/george-koltanowski

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Born:** 1903-09-17
- **Died:** 2000-02-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Historical depth:** 14.9 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [George Koltanowski](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Koltanowski)
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- [George Koltanowsky](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Koltanowsky)
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- [George Koltanowski](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Koltanowski)
- [Georges Koltanowski](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Koltanowski)
- [ג'ורג' קולטנובסקי](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92'_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%99)
- [George Koltanowski](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Koltanowski)
- [Džordžs Koltanovskis](https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEord%C5%BEs_Koltanovskis)
- [George Koltanowski](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Koltanowski)
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- [Колтановский, Джордж](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q553179)

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