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Guinness Book: Largest
Number of People Playing Chess
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Mexico City's record shattered
with 20,483 playing chess simultaneously under one roof in Ahmedabad.
Manas Dasgupta : Gujarat, through Ahmedabad, has staked its claim to find a
place in the Guinness Book of World Records by assembling 20,483 players to
play chess simultaneously on one platform.
The “Swarnim Chess Mahotsav” was organised here on Friday by the Department
of Sports, Youth, & Cultural activities and the Gujarat Chess Association as
part of the golden jubilee celebrations of the State. Besides Chief Minister
Narendra Modi, world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand was present on the
occasion, and as a token, he played simultaneously with 64 participants at
the Mahotsava. An official representative of the Guinness Book was present
to ensure that the ceremony conformed to the rules and regulations for
records.
A spokesman of the State government claimed that Ahmedabad had broken the
record set in current Guinness record-holder Mexico City when, on October
21, 2006, 13,446 players played chess simultaneously. The former world
champion, Anatoly Karpov, was present in the record chess ceremony at Mexico
City.
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