Any of you play a GM?

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FizzyBand

Once I drew GM John Fedorowicz

cheeky_chicky

NM Coach-Bill has been offering free simuls for members of Free Video Lessons here on Chess.com 

https://www.chess.com/club/nm-coach-bills-free-video-lessons

cheeky_chicky

News about Free Simuls NM Coach-Bill

https://www.chess.com/club/nm-coach-bills-free-video-lessons/news

KruChris

I had 2 lessons by GM Gerhard Schebler (when living in Thailand). Excellent value, less than $ 20 back then. 

 

TBH, I suck, big time and wonder, what makes higher ated players crush beginners. Is that an ego thing?

KeSetoKaiba
BrolyLegendarySayian wrote:

simuls? like a simulation? I meant actually face them themselves.

Ha. I used to think the same years ago. "Simul" is short for "simultaneous" and not "simulation." 

A chess simul is where a strong player (typically a titled player) plays multiple games at the same time. Usually the room is set up with tables, chess boards and chairs around the perimeter of the room. The titled player stands in the center of the room, then makes a move at board 1; walks over to board 2, makes a move and so on in a circle. Some simuls involve many players playing the titled player at once; "many" easily being 30+ players at once.

KeSetoKaiba

p.s. So far, I've never played a GM in person or online. My highest OTB win so far was versus a 2100+ player and online was vs an IM in blitz, but online blitz barely counts at all wink.png

InigoJones

Play a GM?

I prefer Lc0 over Stockfish but either is usually available if I wish to get crushed.

Its pretty good seeing them beat each other though.

Lc0 vs Stockfish

m_connors

No, bet it would be really intimidating, but fun. I think I would consider it a "moral victory" if I could make it to 20 moves. Would sure keep that game for analysis; what a value! happy.png

blueemu
SoupTime4 wrote:

In simuls, yes.

This. Tal, in 1988.

banhgiahuy2606

I have play with a GM ( my teacher) many times

And tomorrow I will play with Vishy Anand

KeSetoKaiba
banhgiahuy2606 wrote:

I have play with a GM ( my teacher) many times

And tomorrow I will play with Vishy Anand

Very lucky wink.png

PursuitOfHappyness2

I have beaten a few GMs...

abcx123

I have lost to some masters,never had a chance sad.png

BrolyLegendarySayian
OldPatzerMike wrote:

I've played 2 or 3, depending on whether one of them counts for purposes of your question. In college, the advisor of our chess club was Milan Vukcevich. He only reached FM in OTB play because he devoted his life mainly to teaching as a university professor, but he was clearly GM strength. Here's where it gets fuzzy: he was a GM of chess composition, considered one of the best problem composers ever. If he counts because of his composing GM title, the number is 3, because we played dozens of games at the club though never in a rated game.

One evening at the chess club, his old friend from Yugoslavia -- GM Svetozar Gligorić -- came to visit. I played a game against him at G30. Again, not rated. Gligorić won, to the surprise of nobody.

The only rated game against a GM was in 1992 in a tournament in Maryland. He was a minor GM from the Philippines whose name I don't even remember. I had never heard of him and haven't heard of him since. I played so badly that it's embarrassing to think about it. Unfortunately, my scoresheets from those days were lost somewhere along the way, so I'll never know who that GM was.

id say 3 that gm title count

BrolyLegendarySayian
cheeky_chicky wrote:

NM Coach-Bill has been offering free simuls for members of Free Video Lessons here on Chess.com 

https://www.chess.com/club/nm-coach-bills-free-video-lessons

wasn't really looking for lessons but thanks for shareing

BrolyLegendarySayian
KruChris wrote:

I had 2 lessons by GM Gerhard Schebler (when living in Thailand). Excellent value, less than $ 20 back then. 

 

TBH, I suck, big time and wonder, what makes higher ated players crush beginners. Is that an ego thing?

id say the same reason people do it in any game because it's easy and fun.

BrolyLegendarySayian
KeSetoKaiba wrote:
BrolyLegendarySayian wrote:

simuls? like a simulation? I meant actually face them themselves.

Ha. I used to think the same years ago. "Simul" is short for "simultaneous" and not "simulation." 

A chess simul is where a strong player (typically a titled player) plays multiple games at the same time. Usually the room is set up with tables, chess boards and chairs around the perimeter of the room. The titled player stands in the center of the room, then makes a move at board 1; walks over to board 2, makes a move and so on in a circle. Some simuls involve many players playing the titled player at once; "many" easily being 30+ players at once.

thanks for sharing that I did not know they had a special name for that

BrolyLegendarySayian
InigoJones wrote:

Play a GM?

I prefer Lc0 over Stockfish but either is usually available if I wish to get crushed.

Its pretty good seeing them beat each other though.

Lc0 vs Stockfish

it's not fun getting crushed by them because they are machines and know everything I find it more fun going against humans that could slip up or not see a move your going for human matches are much more unpredictable 

Jenium

I played Suat Atalik in a blitz game yesterday.