simultaneous and consultation games simultaneous games have a quite specific value for the chess master as far as technique and opening theory are concerned they offer valuable practice for the serious individual game admittedly in simultaneous play the master usually faces substantially weaker opposition but this is where the saying many men many minds comes into its own evenamong faily weak opponents there are always some who at any given moment will hit on the right idea discover cunning defences and come up with surprising resources ALexander alekhine 1923