Last night, Artur Yusopov, previously rated 3rd in the world (I'm told), but now a mere 2617, gave a simultaneous display in Glasgow. I was just pleased to be in the same room as such a great player, never mind getting a game against him.
And I beat him!!
I haven't got a pgn yet, but it went a bit like this:
1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6 4.Bd3 Be7 5.Ne2 Bg5 6.f4 ef 7.Nf4 Nd7 8.0-0 Ne5 9.Na3 Nh6 10.Bb5+ Kf8 11.Ne6+ Be6 12.Bg5 Qg5 13.de6 Ke7 14.Qd5 Rab8 15.Nc4 Rhd8 16.Bd7 Nf3+ (just desparation, I think) 17. Rf3 Qd5 18.ed5 f6 19.Re1 Rf8 20.Ne3 f5 21. Ref1 Resigns
I've not got a decent engine, other than the ancient version of Fritz which comes with Chessbase, and I've not had time to analyse it properly. Feel free to suggest alternatives, ask questions.
Meantime, I'm seriously chuffed!😀
Congratulations! I feel that he played the opening quite sheepishly and must have overlooked 10.Bb5+. Probably Bd7 would have been better than Kf8 but that too was good for white. Fromthen on, I think you played brilliantly. As you planned before the game (despite me being surprised that he played Benoni), you went for complications and that has proven to be the right thing to do.
Originally posted by Mephisto2I'd planned for a dutch or a nimzo, and all the way along the row, that's what he played - 1..Nf6 or 1..e6.
Congratulations! I feel that he played the opening quite sheepishly and must have overlooked 10.Bb5+. Probably Bd7 would have been better than Kf8 but that too was good for white. Fromthen on, I think you played brilliantly. As you planned before the game (despite me being surprised that he played Benoni), you went for complications and that has proven to be the right thing to do.
He got to my board and played 1...c5, then went back to 1..Nf6 or 1..e6 the rest of the way round.
I think he either overlooked 10.Bb5, maybe thinking I just intended 10.Nc4, or perhaps he missed 12.Bg5, expecting just the immediate recapture 12.de6.
14.Qd5 is an absolute killer. It took me a while to find 16.Bd7 - at first I intended just Rd1 - but he can resign at this point. Even Rxd7 doesn't help him.
7...Nh6 has been played before, in a Pachman game from 1967.
Originally posted by Mephisto2Not sure, they were still playing when I left at 2330. I think he'd lost one and drawn 3 or 4 by then. None of the ones left look like anything better than draws.
How was his overall result in this simul?
And, as the night progresses, it gets easier for the GM because the pace quickens.
Originally posted by RedmikeWOW! I'm impressed. Congratulations my friend.
Last night, Artur Yusopov, previously rated 3rd in the world (I'm told), but now a mere 2617, gave a simultaneous display in Glasgow. I was just pleased to be in the same room as such a great player, never mind getting a game against him.
And I beat him!!
I haven't got a pgn yet, but it went a bit like this:
1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6 4.Bd3 Be7 5.Ne2 B ...[text shortened]... ly. Feel free to suggest alternatives, ask questions.
Meantime, I'm seriously chuffed!😀
Originally posted by RedmikeWow, well done!
Last night, Artur Yusopov, previously rated 3rd in the world (I'm told), but now a mere 2617, gave a simultaneous display in Glasgow. I was just pleased to be in the same room as such a great player, never mind getting a game against him.
And I beat him!!
I haven't got a pgn yet, but it went a bit like this:
1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6 4.Bd3 Be7 5.Ne2 B ...[text shortened]... ly. Feel free to suggest alternatives, ask questions.
Meantime, I'm seriously chuffed!😀
Originally posted by RedmikeNot bad for a socialist. Are you happy now? What are the aims of the SSP? To do a William Wallace or what?
Last night, Artur Yusopov, previously rated 3rd in the world (I'm told), but now a mere 2617, gave a simultaneous display in Glasgow. I was just pleased to be in the same room as such a great player, never mind getting a game against him.
And I beat him!!
Meantime, I'm seriously chuffed!😀
Seriously though a GM in a simul is only playing at 500-600 points off his true strenght, much like Fritz on a Pentium 1.
Originally posted by z00tThis is complete nonsense.
Seriously though a GM in a simul is only playing at 500-600 points off his true strenght
Your statement doesn't distinguish between a 6 board simul and a 100 board simul. You must think they're the same difficulty for a GM.
Secondly, take the typical results a GM gets in a simul (say 20 boards). Does the win ratio reflect his/her rating minus 500-600 points? No, they usually perform better than that.
Also, it makes no sense to view the GM as playing at a typical rating for all the simul games. Some of the games will be played stronger than others. He/she may make the odd blunder on some boards, whereas on other boards understand the position well and display GM level technique.
RedMike posted his game. I thought it showed excellent play from White's part. Well played RedMike.