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Originally posted by kyngjA simul (it's short for simultaneous) is an exhibition in which a top player (usually a master or grandmaster) takes on many people at the same time.
Ok, for us shambling chess novices out there, what is a simul game?
Joe
The boards are arranged in a circle or rectangle, with the master going round and moving on each board in turn.
Sometimes the master chooses to have White on every board, sometimes he or she alternates colours.
The players have to make their move at the exact time the master comes to them.
I was lucky enough to be invited to play against Kasparov, with about 30 others, when he came to Chester, England in 1989.
Kasparov drew 2 games, lost 2 (one to me ) but won the rest.
I hope that answers your question.
Dave
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Tebbo! I have some questions. Do you have the moves to the game somewhere? If you get a spare 5mins do you think you could post them? What was Kasparov like? Gracious in defeat? Actually, what were you like? Leaping round the room or just nodding sagely that white's 22.Bc5?! (or whatever) was an error? Do you regard it as your best achievement, or was the fact that it was a simul game knock it down the ladder of your best ever wins? Either way, it's still a bloody good effort Sir!
Mark
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Mark!
Yes, I do have the moves somewhere. I'll annotate them and post them in the theory forum when I have the time, hopefully tonight.
Was Kasparov gracious in defeat? Hahaha 😉 He scowled, quickly shook hands and stormed off, without saying a word.
What was I like? I calmly stood up, politely made my way through the crowds of well-wishers, autograph-hunters and reporters, and legged it to the bar for a celebratory pint or six 😀
Was it my best achievement? Well, there was that win against Grandmaster Flear, and I sure crushed Grandmaster Arkell ... of course it bloody was! 🙂
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Originally posted by RhymesterOn average, we had 3-4 minutes a move. Kasparov would usually look at each position for 5-10 seconds.
How long did you and he get to think about your moves?
Rhymester
However he spent much longer on the games in which he was struggling 😉
Dave
There was, I believe, a Yahoo commercial several years ago where this big black kid typed in a search "how to beat Garry Kasparov" and it was exactly the kind of situation you described. It was really funny and I don't remember him being any more gracious a loser than he was with you, but then again he did the commercial, which is somewhat self-effacing in itself. Kirk