Ray Keene is obviously not as strong as he once was, but he's still good enough to beat most club players easily as he is very good at punishing positional inaccuracies.
The trouble with playing something like the Slav is that if the game goes on a long time then you may well find that you are one of only a few boards left and he will able to commit much more time and energy to your board.
Personally I would go for a King's Indian and hope that he plays passively or carelessly early on.
One other tip - try to play on the board next to a strong player (e.g. Mark Littleton, if he's playing) as Keene may be thinking of the move he is about to play on their board (or the move he's just played) and so may be more likely to miss something on yours.
Just checked the games of R. D. Kobe on chessgames.com and it looks like he might sometimes play the Trompovsky in simuls:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1555016
Make sure you have a backup plan in case he does this against you.
I would get out of "theory" as soon as possible. Otherwise the GM doesn't have to "think". It is the same idea as when GMs play against computers. Don't let them use their "opening book".
I drew GM Alex Fishbein last year in a simul with the Budapest (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5?!), and a couple years ago my buddy Francisco (AKA Zonagrad on RHP) beat 6 time US champ Walter Browne in 15 moves with the Fishing Pole (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Ng4?!)
Originally posted by TimmyBxAlex is a great player and one of the nicest people I've ever met. Congrats Timmy.
I would get out of "theory" as soon as possible. Otherwise the GM doesn't have to "think". It is the same idea as when GMs play against computers. Don't let them use their "opening book".
I drew GM Alex Fishbein last year in a simul with the Budapest (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5?!), and a couple years ago my buddy Francisco (AKA Zonagrad on RHP) beat 6 time US ...[text shortened]... r Browne in 15 moves with the Fishing Pole (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Ng4?!)
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Originally posted by TimmyBxOn the other hand: the GM is probably far better at 'thinking' than you are yourself. So I'm not sure that really helps...
I would get out of "theory" as soon as possible. Otherwise the GM doesn't have to "think". It is the same idea as when GMs play against computers. Don't let them use their "opening book".
Originally posted by plopzillaThats an easy move to miss( even the GM missed it!).
[fen]r5k1/6p1/1p3r1p/p1b5/8/P5B1/1P1R1PPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1[/fen]
This was the position (keene is white).
There were only 3 of us left and moves were coming thick and fast. He played Kf1 and I almost instantly replied with the natural looking Raf1 but Be3! wins easily.
[fen]r5k1/6p1/1p3r1p/p7/8/P3b1B1/1P1R1PPP/2R2K2 b - - 1 1[/fen]
Totally gutted.. 🙁
I then proceeded to blunder a possibly drawish endgame away.
The painful thing about chess is that you will never forget that bit of tactics, and be looking for it in every single game from now on. You probably will never find it.
Chess is hard.
🙁
The trouble with simuls is that they start off very slowly - you might be playing one move every three moves, which is excruciatingly slow if you know the opening well, and then towards the end you're expected to play faster and faster, just at the point where you want to slow down and try to work out what's happening.
It's not at all unusual for the simul-giver to win drawn positions and draw lost positions towards the end of the session, probably more because his opponents are under pressure to move faster rather than the simul-giver having fewer boards to concentrate on.
I've given a few simuls in my time and the worst by far are "clock simuls" - it's amazing how quickly 30 minutes passes when you're trying to play ten people at once!
Anyway plopzilla, showing the critical position is all well and good, but I want to see the whole game!
Originally posted by plopzillaI played in some simuls back in the late 60's and 70's and felt rushed to move every time because they moved like they were playing speed chess and came around too fast for me. I only played against one GM and that was Larry Evans. The only thing I learned is that I should not be playing simuls against Grandmasters.
Playing a strong GM (2500+) in a simul tomorrow. Not worried about 1.e4 but against 1.d4 should I go for the solid slav or a tricky kid, or show some proper balls and try for a benoni or nimzo (if I get the chance)..
Any thoughts appreciated.
The post that was quoted here has been removedYou only confirm what complete and utter clueless patzer you are by nit-picking at every thread. No one cares about your pedantic details and you obviously are not normal to have so much time on your hands to research such drival. So why don't you just jog on back to bunglerville.