Larry Kahn

Lawrence Kahn (born As of 2016, he worked with the National Institutes of Health, advising them on IT acquisitions.

Tiddlywinks Kahn first heard about the game tiddlywinks in 1971 from an MIT handbook sent to incoming students. In the game, he has gone by the nickname "Horsemeat"

As of 2016, Kahn had won over 100 tiddlywinks championships As of 2013, he also held the Guinness World Records for "Most Tiddlywinks World Championships" with 21, and "Most Tiddlywinks World Championships (pairs)" with 16. Since that date, he has won another three singles and another four pairs titles. Additionally, he was the only player to have held all six of the game's major titles simultaneously (in April 1995). and eight with Matt Fayers.

Lockwood and Kahn frequently compete against each other, with Sports Illustrated once comparing their rivalry to that of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Since the mid-1990s, Kahn has had a World Championship rivalry with English-player Patrick Barrie, with the pair contesting 16 matches up to the end of 2019.

Performance timelines

Major open tournaments

World champion Singles: 1983-1985 (5 challenges) 1985-1986 (1 challenge) 1988-1990 (4 challenges) 1990-1992 (2 challenges) 1995 (2 challenges) 1997-1998 (2 challenges) 1999-2001 (2 challenges) 2003-2004 (1 challenge) 2010-2013 (3 challenges) 2015-2017 (2 challenges)

Pairs: 1978-1983 (2 challenges) 1984-1985 (2 challenges) 1989 (1 challenge) 1995-1998 (5 challenges) 2007-2013 (8 challenges) 2019 (1 challenge) 2022 (1 challenge)

Note: Tiddlywinks world titles are played for on a challenge basis, with the title holder(s) being challenged by a qualifying player or pair of players. The number of challenges displayed is the number of successful matches in which the title was won or defended.