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Let's fortell the final result.
I'm gonna say 17.5/20
10/10, give or take ten points either way. 
Since he scored 92% in the last simul (42 wins, 8 draws, 0 losses) he would need to score 18,5/20 (92,5%) in order to break his record. My prediction is that he'll get exactly 18,5 (18 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss).
Martin0 wrote:
Since he scored 92% in the last simul (42 wins, 8 draws, 0 losses) he would need to score 18,5/20 (92,5%) in order to break his record. My prediction is that he'll get exactly 18,5 (18 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss).
Thanks that you're so optimistic.
Statistic from the 1st simul:
Average opponent's rating: 1501,82
Highest rated: MaartenSmit (1955)
Lowest rated: mrchess132 (752)
The shortest game: 6 moves
The longest game: 58 moves
Average moves / game: 27,46 moves
As far as I know, MSC157 already won 3 games.
+3 -0 =0
Here are the games:
http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=73426588
http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=73420864
http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=73442778
Why did pelican resign?
no idea. How did he win that fast? my game we have just gotten through playing the Nimzo-Indian.
lol i know im still in the first 5 moves!
cjt33 wrote:
Why did pelican resign?
Well, he lost a pawn somewhat quickly, so he just resigned in disgust.
pelican was in a position with a pawn behind, white has the initiative and white has a very solid position with no clear weaknesses. On the bright side he has at least the bishop pair. I think it's too early to resign, but black would have to suffer for the rest of the game. He can just hope white overextend his pawns or get a position when the bishop dominates the knight or get some kind of drawn endgame (1 pawn is not always sufficient). If white is careful that should never happen, but that is easier said than done.
I guess it was more or less an act of paying respect.
As far as I know, MSC157 already won 3 games.
+3 -0 =0
Here are the games:
http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=73426588
http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=73420864
http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=73442778
Average opponents' rating: 1400
Average number of moves per game: 15,33
Martin0 wrote:
pelikan was in a position with a pawn behind, white has the initiative and white has a very solid position with no clear weaknesses. On the bright side he has at least the bishop pair. I think it's too early to resign, but black would have to suffer for the rest of the game. He can just hope white overextend his pawns or get a position when the bishop dominates the knight or get some kind of drawn endgame (1 pawn is not always sufficient). If white is careful that should never happen, but that is easier said than done.
got it,
thanks
I did see all of that, but it seemed that it was not enough to merit resigning so I thought I had been missing some kind of tacticle trick that everybody else was seeing. 
cjt33 wrote:
Why did pelican resign?
Far too early IMO. Trade off the right material, a pawn is a draw.
I guess because it's an unrated game, can't be bothered to suffer.
In my 3 latest games my opponents resigned too early. I gained 52 rating points 
http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=68266066
http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=68266086
http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=72049884
Below is a game I played 2 years ago when I somehow managed to win a rook endgame where I was 2 pawns behind and couldn't do much more than wait for white to break through. Sometimes miracles happens for those that won't resign too easily. 
I resigned in my game because I placed the Queen too quick to notice the fork, since I was trying to protect all my pawns, and I resigned out of respect for being completely outplayed by a much more skilled opponent.
Good luck, thanks.