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Jul 6, 2020 · Morricone was the last player standing in that simul, and Spassky had to concede the half point. Over the years, Morricone played chess with many big names of our sport, including GMs Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, Judit Polgar, and Peter Leko.
- Peter Doggers
Kasparov flipped out because the simul organizers snuck a 2200 into a simul at a for-fun corporate event when he had specifically asked 1) to know everyone’s tournament ratings so he knew what games to focus on and 2) not to have to play anyone above 2000. Why? Because he was long retired and didn’t want to have to stress himself.
So it shouldn't come as a surprise to you that the worst-ever result in a simul happened in the Soviet Pioneer Palace in 1951, when the British IM Robert Wade played 30 local school children age 14 and below. After seven hours of play, IM Wade managed to make 10 draws, losing the remaining 20 games!
He once held GM Boris Spassky to a draw [156] in a simultaneous competition with 27 players, where Morricone was the last one standing. [157] On 6 July 2020, Morricone died at the Università Campus Bio-Medico in Rome, aged 91, as a result of injuries sustained to his femur during a fall.
Chess players worldwide have been awed and inspired by the famed simul exhibition in 1964, by the chess legend Bobby Fischer, who played against 50 players with an end score of -won-47, drew- 2, lost-1. Many from the present generation know about Magnus Carlson’s 70 board simul at Hamburg, Germany. (hold on to this one, as we share something ...
List of world records in chess. The world records in chess listed here are achieved in organized tournament, match, or simultaneous exhibition play. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.
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Simuls involve a single player facing several players at once. The concept is taken from real world events. In real life, this involves the simul host moving from table to table to play a single move. When the simul starts, every player starts a game with the host. The simul ends when all games are complete.
