Is it good to host simuls - Chess Forums

DragonPhoenixSlayer

Mar 1, 2016

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I have been playing in alot of simuls lately on lichess and i wonder would hosting a simul improve my game in anyway

notmtwain

Mar 1, 2016

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DragonPhoenixSlayer wrote:

I have been playing in alot of simuls lately on lichess and i wonder would hosting a simul improve my game in anyway

You are not a strong enough player to make the simul interesting. In most simuls, the simul giver is strong enough to beat most challengers easily in a regular game but the simul offers some chances to the weaker players since time spent on any given move must be sharply limited for the simul giver in order to finish all the games before reaching the point of exhaustion. In a normal simul, the stronger player will still win all or nearly all of the games, inspiring wonder and admiration from all who attended.

You can't offer that experience. People would lose interest quickly while you suffered thru one lost game after the other, leaving you a shivering mass of jelly, cowering under the tables.

DragonPhoenixSlayer

Mar 1, 2016

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notmtwain wrote:

DragonPhoenixSlayer wrote:

I have been playing in alot of simuls lately on lichess and i wonder would hosting a simul improve my game in anyway

You are not a strong enough player to make the simul interesting. In most simuls, the simul giver is strong enough to beat most challengers easily in a regular game but the simul offers some chances to the weaker players since time spent on any given move must be sharply limited for the simul giver in order to finish all the games before reaching the point of exhaustion. In a normal simul, the stronger player will still win all or nearly all of the games, inspiring wonder and admiration from all who attended.

You can't offer that experience. People would lose interest quickly while you suffered thru one lost game after the other, leaving you a shivering mass of jelly, cowering under the tables.

I see every day lower rated people than me play 20 people in a simul

notmtwain

Mar 2, 2016

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DragonPhoenixSlayer wrote:

I see every day lower rated people than me play 20 people in a simul

I suppose if you've never seen a simul given by a Grandmaster, or an IM, you wouldn't know what to expect.

Tell us all about it. What is it like to play in such a thing?

Who plays in such a thing? Do people offer advice to the simul givers? Teach them about some of the the lesser known rules of chess?

Why would anybody willingly sit through it?