3+0 Simul

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Harder than it looks... took many tries to get 3 games where:

1) I didn't lose or draw tongue.png
2) Opponent didn't lose or quit in the first 20 moves

PNG so you don't get a headache watching the video... but video is my POV

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The most I've ever beaten was 5 (!) but obviously that involved a lot of luck... people losing their queen and immediately resigning, that sort of thing.

I'd like to see people rated higher than me do better... I feel like 3 is definitely my limit when the games go this long, but I'm sure other people could do more... would love to see @danielnaroditsky or others blast tons of people.

Maybe @GYG could do 4 or 5, I don't know.

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Ultimate-trashtalker wrote:

Where did u conduct this simul?

I just opened 3 lichess tabs, that's all. So the opponents are totally random... one reason it took many tries is some people play 3 moves then leave the game, stuff like that... so yeah, random lichess opponents.

I'm using the keyboard to cycle through the tabs.

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And as I tried more, instead of playing interesting openings I resorted to the simple stuff you see... and even then I almost lost on time in 2 of the games... like I said, harder than it looks. You need some luck.

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What are the opponent’s ratings?
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SoupSailor72 wrote:
What are the opponent’s ratings?

Anonymous unrated games.

The fact that I could beat all 3 means the ratings weren't high.

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So I'm only good enough to beat morons? 😢

But yeah, anyone who wants to do that or better give it a try... it was harder than I thought it'd be.

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Yeah, I tried again an hour ago and lost all my games lol.

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paper_llama wrote:

Maybe @GYG could do 4 or 5, I don't know.

Sounds like fun, I'll give it a try later today

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Wow, this is impressive. I would lose on like move two of each game or something pathetic like that 🤣🤣

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GYG wrote:
paper_llama wrote:

Maybe @GYG could do 4 or 5, I don't know.

Sounds like fun, I'll give it a try later today

Since you're more aggressive you may also have a better style for it?

I'm not sure.

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Just did 4 games on my first try, move lengths were 23, 37, 45, 49. In a sec I'll upload it as an unlisted youtube video like yours.

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Nice.

My first try was also 4 games, but was 3 wins and a loss tongue.png

But yeah, your total move number was really good, 154.

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Makes me wonder how many Hikaru or Naroditsky could do. I'm sure they'd be moving too fast for me to understand what's going on.

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It's also... how to put it...

When an 800 rated player watches Hikaru play a 3000 rated player, they don't understand how good he is... I mean, I don't understand either of course. Most of the moves just look normal right?

But if you saw him beat, I don't know, 10 people like this, even a beginner could appreciate how ridiculous that is.

Which is to say, I think this is an interesting format... I looked at the normal simuls on lichess, and it seems the simul giver gets a lot of extra time... ok, sure, that makes sense, but it's kinda boring. I saw an IM beat 10 people in 5 + 0... but they started with 25 or 30 minutes, so that's kind of stupid IMO... obviously the IM will win every game.

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here you go. I was saved by multiple miracles and the quality of play was beyond embarassing, but I got the results in the end. I might attempt 5 or 6 later today

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paper_llama wrote:

Which is to say, I think this is an interesting format...

definitely, I can see myself getting addicted to it

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GYG wrote:

here you go. I was saved by multiple miracles and the quality of play was beyond embarassing, but I got the results in the end. I might attempt 5 or 6 later today

Awesome, great job.

You had over 150 moves, I think that's really good.

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Last 2 games:

6 seconds vs over a minute then into 6 seconds vs half a minute!

Fun isn't it happy.png

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GYG wrote:

the quality of play was beyond embarassing but I got the results in the end.

Yeah, results are what counts. Anyone who tries this will realize finishing is a huge accomplishment tongue.png