George Koltanowski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Koltanowski

chess master

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1903

Place of Birth: Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 05-Feb-2000

Profession: journalist, chess composer, chess player

Nationality: United States, Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

George Koltanowski (also "Georges"; 17 September 1903 – 5 February 2000) 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.