Labels:bottle | bulletin board | cheerleader | counter | person | sky | tie OCR: Simul Simultaneous Chess In play the player cannot see the board. In blindfold play and is told the moves made by his or her opponent made his or her opponent. In 1265 Buzecca Muslim was the first player in Europe his or hei In 1265 He played two before games three games blindfold in were Florence played It blindfold took 518 by years Philidor two 1783 One newspaper wrote: "This exertion of Mr Philidor's abilities appears one the greatest of which the human in 1783 memory susceptible. His record stood for 74 years until 1857 when Louis Paulsen played four games simultaneously. The number slowly rose through the nineteenth and 20th Centuries. In 1931 Georges Koltanowski set new record with 30 games. Alekhine then topped this record by playing 34 games Miguel Najdorf played 45 simultaneous g ...