Simultaneous chess is a form of chess where one player (typically of high rank) plays multiple games at the same time against other players.
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Is it bad etiquette to decline a draw offer when participating in a simul?
On LiChess, FM knightprince gave a simul where I participated (our game). I blundered a pawn played a pawn gambit, but managed to complicate things and won it back. Afterwards, the game would have led to a drawn endgame.
The FM offered a draw; I…
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How to play a Grandmaster in a simultaneous?
Would you play well known Opening theory, or avoid it? What other strategies would you employ to beat a GM in a simultaneous? I have my own strategies which I've used. See link in my profile. But what is best?
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Has there ever been a game where multiple humans play against a single chess computer?
I'm wondering if the following scenario has ever been played out:
Once side of a chess game is played by multiple humans at once,
collaboratively determining what the next move will be. This could,
perhaps, be enforced by some sort of game…
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Is there any website where I can play simultaneous chess against many opponents?
This is purely for my fun (and also practice!), but is there any place online where I can play simultaneous chess against many opponents?
This would be against human players, of course, not against computers.
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Do one-on-one simul competitions exist?
I have occasionally played one-on-one two-board simuls: that is, two players, playing two games of chess, against each other, simultaneously. (Not to be confused with bughouse - no piece passing takes place).
This concept would seem to scale pretty…
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What openings should be played in a simul?
What openings are usually good for a simul? I'm assuming that it's an all-comers simul, so there could be strong players mixed in. Does the answer change if the strength of the opponents is known ahead of time?
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How to play chess against a large number of players simultaneously?
Lately, we have done an experiment in our chess club and liked it much. We were 4 players, and we wanted to play simultaneous each against each other. This setup worked (more or less, see the following diagram):
The players 1, 2, and 3 may sit on…
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Collusion in a simultaneous blindfold exhibition
When a blindfold expert plays several players simultaneously, there is a tacit assumption that the players will not collude. But suppose that the players are allowed to collude, and their goal is to maximize the chances of making the expert lose…
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Have there been any simul round-robin games?
It occurred to me that it would be possible to have a match in which, say, each of 10 players play each other simultaneously twice. That is, if a regular simul match is a line of boards, this would be a grid, with each player playing black along one…
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clock simultaneous exhibition
In a clock simultaneous exhibition, would the exhibitor normally be given extra time to compensate for his/her walking time from board to board? The question was prompted by a scene in a movie (the "Lewis" mystery series) where the exhibitor would…
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Is there published advice on giving simuls?
I unexpectedly found myself giving a tiny simul recently. I won all the games, but it left me wondering if there is any published advice on how to handle simuls as the single player. (There is plenty of advice on how to try to beat the single…
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How can I get informed if a titled chess player will be holding a simul?
I would like to go to more simuls, but I'm unsure when they're held and at what location. How can I get informed of such information?
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Clock simul time control
We would like to organise a simultaneous exhibiton at our chess club, but as we only have the room booked for 2.5hrs, we fear that it might not be over in the given time. I've heard about clock simuls, but I haven't found any "rules" on how to set…
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Best opening in blind simultaneous chess
I am interested in blind simultaneous chess, where one person plays (blind) vs multiple (non-blind) opponents.
What would be the best openings for either side? I would assume anything slow would be disadvantageous to the blind person.
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Is it common for super grandmasters to have the ability to play simultaneous blindfold chess?
Magnus Carlsen against 10 blindfolded. Timur Gareev plays 30 players blindfolded. I was wondering if these super grandmasters all can at least play 7 masters blindfolded and beat them.
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