Alik Gershon (born 3 June 1980, in

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) is an Israeli chess grandmaster. On 21 October 2010 he set the

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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. On 9 February 2011 his record was broken by

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ian chess player

Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami ( fa, احسان قائم‌مقامی ; born 11 August 1982) is an Iranian chess grandmaster (2000). He is the record holder of the Iranian Chess Championship with 13 titles. On the September 2011 FIDE list, he had an E ...

. He was the World Under-14 champion in 1994 and World Under-16 champion in 1996. In 2000 he won the

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(tied with

Boris Avrukh Boris Leonidovich Avrukh ( he, בוריס ליאונידוביץ' אברוך; russian: Борис Леонидович Аврух; born 10 February 1978 in Karaganda, Soviet Union) is an Israeli chess grandmaster. He was the World Under-12 champ ...

). In 2007, his book ''San Luis 2005'' (coauthored with Igor Nor) won the

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s Book of the Year award.

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