Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Sept. 25 (UPI) -- A 10-year-old chess player from Malaysia broke a world record in the sport by setting up a chessboard in only 45.72 seconds while blindfolded. Guinness World Records announced Punithamalar Rajashekar, the star player on her school chess team, is the new record-holder for the fastest time to arrange a chess set blindfolded. Advertisement Rajashekar, who started playing chess at age 5, said she studied videos of previous record-holders to study their techniques before taking on the record. The girl is a registered member of FIDE, the International Chess Federation. "My dad is my coach," she told Guinness World Records, "and we play together almost every day." Read More $10,000 bill issued in 1934 auctioned for $480,000 Sheep wander into greenhouse, eat 600 pounds of marijuana plants Dingo burglarizes boat, steals purse and snacks
