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2 unusual facts about George Koltanowski


George Koltanowski

Koltanowski's most sensational chess entertainment was the ancient exercise known as the Knight's tour, in which a lone knight traverses an otherwise empty board visiting each square once only.

Taupe

These boards were used by chess master George Koltanowski in his chess tournaments in which he played blindfolded against dozens of people at a time.


Theodore Tylor

He tied for first at the 1929/30 Hastings Premier Reserves alongside George Koltanowski ahead of Salo Flohr, Josef Rejfiř, Ludwig Rellstab, C.H.O'D. Alexander, Daniël Noteboom, and Milan Vidmar.


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