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Alik Gershon

Alik Gershon is an Israeli chess grandmaster who set a Guinness World Record for simultaneous chess games in 2010.

born 1980Guinness record for simultaneous chessWorld youth chess championships2000 Israeli Chess ChampionshipThe book San Luis 2005

Born: 3 June 1980, Dnipro
Occupation: chess player

Alik Gershon was born in 1980 in Dnipro

Alik Gershon was born on 3 June 1980 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. In 1993 he won the Israeli youth championship for players under 16.

He won the World Under-14 championship in Hungary in 1994 and the World Under-16 championship in Spain in 1996. He became an International Master in 1997.

In 2000 he became a grandmaster. That year he took first place in the Israeli youth championship for players under 20 and shared first place in the Israeli Chess Championship with Boris Avrukh.

In 2007 his book San Luis 2005, written with Igor Nor, won the English Chess Federation Book of the Year award. On 21 October 2010 in Tel Aviv he played 523 opponents at once and won 454 games, setting a Guinness World Record. His record was broken in February 2011 by Iranian grandmaster Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami.

Alik Gershon's life in 8 milestones

1993
Won the Israeli youth championship for players under 16.
1994
Won the World Under-14 championship in Hungary.
1996
Won the World Under-16 championship in Spain.
1997
Became an International Master.
2000
Became a grandmaster and shared the Israeli Chess Championship title.
2007
His book San Luis 2005 won the English Chess Federation Book of the Year award.
2010
Set a Guinness World Record by playing 523 simultaneous games in Tel Aviv.
2011
His world record was broken by an Iranian grandmaster.