IM Dean Ippolito to attempt Guinness Simultaneous Chess World Record in NJ

Online, August 27, 2010 (Newswire.com) - The current record is held by 29-year-old Iranian Grandmaster Morteza Majoob, who set the record in Tehran at the Enghelab Sport Complex on August 13, 2009 under the supervision of the Iranian Chess Federation and FIDE. The World Record, named Rokh-dar-rokh 500 (rook vs. rook 500), consisted of 200 professional chess players, 280 chess enthusiasts and 20 cinema actors and sportsmen. Majoob finished with 397 wins, 90 draws and 13 draws for a score of 442/500, an 88.4 win percentage.
To break the record, IM Ippolito will have to walk the equivalent of a marathon, 26.2 miles, and stay focused, playing for at least 18 straight hours. And in order for it to be counted for World Record status, IM Ippolito will have to have a winning percentage of at least 75 percent.
IM Ippolito also wants to break the 88-year-old winning percentage record in a simultaneous, which was set by World Champion Jose Raul Capablanca, who played 102 games and won 101 and drew 1 for a 99.5 percent score.
IM Ippolito has not lost a game in a simultaneous since the early 90s, which includes simultaneous wins against Masters, National Champions, and other top chess players. IM Ippolito routinely plays 50-player exhibitions and has played several exhibitions with over a 100 players, one of the first such when he was just 10 years old.
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About IM Dean Ippolito
International Master Dean Ippolito, who started playing chess at the remarkably early age of two-and-a-half, is one of few International Masters in the United States. IM Ippolito, who attained the elite level of International Master in 1999, is a ten-time All-America Team member, eleven-time National Champion and one of the foremost and recognizable chess players in the United States. IM Ippolito has been trained by some of the best and most notable chess instructors in the world.
Not only has IM Ippolito been successful as a player, but a coach as well. He has coached thirteen nationally ranked scholastic players, nine of whom are ranked in the top 10 nationally for their respective age groups, and has a total of eight national championships as a coach. This includes two-time National Champion Eric Liao, who won his first national title at the age of four making him the youngest player to win a national title in history.
Im Ippolito is also the author of three books: Chess Tactics For Scholastic Players, Chess in Action: From First Attack to Checkmate with Paul Mantell and Wojo's Weapons with Jonathan Hilton.
IM Ippolito learned chess from his father, Joe Ippolito, the former president of the New Jersey State Chess Federation. IM Ippolito grew up in Boonton, NJ and currently resides in Whitehouse Station, NJ with his wife and two kids.