Simul

My first game against a grandmaster and hopefully not the last. He beat me but I fought hard! Comments are welcome 🙂

[Event "Idle Chess Club Simul"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.06.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karl Hopkinson-Turrell"]
[Black "Keith Arkell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[SourceDate "2009.06.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. Bxd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bf4 Nf6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Nf1 Nh5 12. Bh2 Ne5 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Qe2 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Be5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Rad1 Nf4 18. Bb1 Rfd8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 f6 21. h4 Qc5 22. a3 Kg7 23. Ba2 Rd7 24. g3 Nh5 25. b4 Qd6 26. c4 b6 27. Qe3 Rc8 28. Rc1 Rdc7 29. Re2 a5 30. Qb3 axb4 31. axb4 e6 32. dxe6 Qxe6 33. Rec2 f5 34. Qb2 Qf6 35. c5 bxc5 36. Rxc5 Rxc5 37. bxc5 Rc7 38. c6 e4 39. Qxf6+ Nxf6 40. Be6 Kf8 41. Rc5 Ke7 42. Bb3 Kd6 43. Rc2 Rxc6 44. Rd2+ Ke5 45. Kg2 h6 46. Re2 g5 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. f3 Rc3 49. Bd1 Rxf3 50. Rxe4+ fxe4 51. Bxf3 exf3+ 52. Kxf3 Kd4 53. g4 Kd3 54. Kg3 Ke3 55. Kh3 Kf3 56. Kh2 Nxg4+ 57. Kg1 Nf2 58. Kh2 g4 59. Kg1 g3 60. Kf1 Nh3 61. Ke1 0-1

Also can't work out for the life of me why that won't work as a PGN. Anyone do the honours?

Hi

Just watched it go past - 39.Qb8 looks like a shot.

Good of him to take Black - Was he coming around quick, did he allow passes?

In passing.

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This happens about 6 or 7 times and then it holds - any ideas?

He was very generous actually. He allowed us to choose White or Black, and if we were Black he even allowed us to choose whether he played e4 or d4. Around 25 of us there and he lost 5 and drew 2 I think. He allowed 3 passes but obviously once he'd beaten a few he was coming around pretty quick, maybe every 2-3 minutes after the first 20 minutes.

That's the big advantage the simul master has - you must move.

He can take his time and gather his thoughts but if you lose track of
the game and he starts to come around quicker then the 'jitters' set in.

Good to give the standard 3 passes - remember reading in CHESS about
some guy who paid £20 to play Raymond Keene.

Raymondo turned up at the board the guy ask for a pass and RK
pushed all the pieces into the centre of the board - game over.
10 moves, you work out how much per move it was.

Letters were coming in about more RK simul horror stories. But he did
announce NO passes so they were the rules.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Good to give the standard 3 passes - remember reading in CHESS about some guy who paid £20 to play Raymond Keene.

Raymondo turned up at the board the guy ask for a pass and RK
pushed all the pieces into the centre of the board - game over.
10 moves, you work out how much per move it was.

Originally posted by Fat Lady
I'm of the opinion that by the time a man reaches the age of forty you can usually read his character in his face. Here are some pictures of Ray Keene:
http://www.tabladeflandes.com/frank_mayer/GM_Ray_Keene_91.jpg
http://www.dulwich.org.uk/client_images/images/OA/keene20060117114629.jpg

Good game - you played well.

I think GreenPawn is right though, I needed to keep the queens on and play 39. Qb8. It was pretty painful to bring up the bishop up to protect it, only to realise it isn't possible, then having to retreat and allow the win of the pawn.

I originally just saw it as a trap, a tactical way to hold the c-pawn.



1...Rxc6 2.Qb7+

But can now see other tricks. 2.Qg8+ Kh6 puts his King a file away from
the c-pawn so then after Qg8+ you can consider Queen swaps and
wriggling the pawn home.

It would have had him thinking for a while giving your comrades
on the other boards a breather.