Alik Gershon Explained

Alik Gershon
Birth Date:	3 June 1980
Birth Place:	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Grandmaster (2000)
Peakrating:	2573 (January 2003)
Fideid:	2802430

Alik Gershon (born 3 June 1980, in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) is an Israeli chess grandmaster. On 21 October 2010 he set the Guinness World Record for simultaneous games after playing 523 opponents in Tel Aviv. After 18 hours and 30 minutes, he won 454 games (86%), lost 11 and drew 58.^[1] On 9 February 2011 his record was broken by Iranian chess player Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami.^[2]

He was the World Under-14 champion in 1994 and World Under-16 champion in 1996.^[3] In 2000 he won the Israeli Chess Championship (tied with Boris Avrukh).

In 2007, his book San Luis 2005 (coauthored with Igor Nor) won the English Chess Federations Book of the Year award.^[4]

External links

• • Israeli GM Alik Gershon breaks simul world record ChessBase

Notes and References

1. Web site: GM Alik Gershon sets new Guinness World Record for simultaneous games. Chessdom. 25 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101026073611/http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/alik-gershon-sets-world-record. 26 October 2010 . live.
2. Web site: Ehsan Ghaem Maghami sets Guinness Chess Record. 10 February 2011 . World Chess Federation. 19 April 2011.
3. Web site: New simultaneous world record attempt in Israel. 2010-10-15. ChessBase.com. 25 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101019124556/http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6741. 19 October 2010 . live.
4. Web site: Alik Gershon and Igor Nor on San Luis 2005. 2008-02-18. ChessBase.com. 25 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101021222823/http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4457. 21 October 2010 . live.