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Simultaneous Display
with GM Nigel Davies
Grandmaster Nigel Davies, a competitor in this year's British
Championship, gave a simultaneous display on the central plateau of St. George's Hall.
This special event is the traditional curtain raiser to
the championship diary. It was very well attended with
all the action starting at 2.00pm and running continuously
until about 6.00pm.
A simultaneous exhibition or simultaneous display (often
abbreviated to 'simul') is an event where one player
(commonly a grandmaster) plays multiple chess games at a
time with selected players, usually below master
strength. However at this display Nigel happily took on
players of all abilities as they arrived.
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Sheila Dines waits very happily for the GM to arrive at
the board so she can .....
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... play the winning move and after seeing it, Nigel
sportingly resigned.
Well played and well done Sheila! |
In a
normal simul, no chess clocks are used. The exhibitor walks from
board to board in a fixed order. Usually the boards are arranged in
a large circle or square. The opponents are expected to make a move
when the exhibitor arrives at the board. Simuls are often played
with several games, often twenty or more. As games are finished off,
they are usually not replaced, meaning that towards the end only a
few games remain.
Nigel played over 40 games during the afternoon losing
only four, one to Sheila Dines, one to Luke Boumphrey
and two others. Full details and gamescores from those
provided to the website manager will be included as soon
as possible.
Read more about Nigel and his chess career on his
website
www.tigerchess.com.
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