Norwegians have set a world record – playing the longest game of chess ever
Norwegian chess players Askild Bryne and Odin Blekra Via played Lightning Chess for more than 61 hours.
– it's a wonderful feeling. We have been working on this for months and have been expanding for a long time and have collaborated well. It was demanding, but we are very happy to have achieved this record,” Brynn tells NRK.
This means they beat the previous record set by Tunde Onakuya, which was 58 hours.
It was telegraph chess that was played in Stavanger, and it was the Norwegian chess players Askild Bryne and Odin Blekra Via who met in the historic game of chess.
The Norwegians started at nine o'clock on Sunday morning, so they were there for more than two and a half days. In total, they played a total of 383 matches.
Bryn and Vea are known as chess experts and hosts of the podcast “Sjakksnakk”.
The record was set during the final chess match, and was met with full applause from the spectators present when the match ended.
Norwegian international star Magnus Carlsen also praised them.
– I had doubts about their ability to do this, but they took it seriously and made good preparations. I want to say that I am very impressed with their attempt to play well,” Magnus Carlsen said in the Twitch stream after the taping.
– The last match was very good. Overall, it was very impressive,” he continues.
Breen thinks it's good to have Carlsen's support.
“Magnus is a good friend of both of us and a fan of chess in general, so I think he enjoyed watching us play and could sometimes make fun of our worst moves,” says Askild Brynn, who appears on the gaming platform Twitch.
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