Three Simuls – Fischer, Carlsen and Svidler

[Wayne Komer]

Three Simuls – Fischer, Carlsen and Svidler

August 8, 2020

This week there are three simultaneous exhibitions in the news. The first is one by Bobby Fischer in 1962 and the others are by Magnus Carlsen and Peter Svidler playing online in the last two days. I thought it would be good to put these games on the record and also show them for the enjoyment of people on this forum.

Bobby Fischer

The first is reported on ChessBase by Tom Skovgaard:

https://en.chessbase.com/post/a-game...openhagen-1962

After winning the Interzonal Tournament in Stockholm 1962, Fischer travelled to Copenhagen to play a TV exhibition game against Bent Larsen and a simul against 41 Danish players.

On Sunday, March 11, 1962, Fischer arrived to give his simul. A crowd of 200 people, including the 41 chess players who were ready to play Fischer, gave Fischer an enthusiastic applause on his arrival at the glamorous room in Rosenborggade in central Copenhagen. The American ambassador and his wife accompanied Fischer, who handed the flowers given to him directly to the person standing next him to get ready to play the simul.

The price for participating in the simul was 10 Danish Kroner, which would correspond to around 50 Euro today – a significant amount at that time, and the field included a number of very strong players.

The start of the simul

Fischer started by playing different first moves with White and the games gradually progressed. Some players soon made serious mistakes and had to resign early. With the many spectators and the professional photographers shooting pictures all the time the atmosphere was intense!

And the field of players was really strong! Some players came close to the level of the Danish national team! The spectators were actively and loudly following the games and some even gave "good advice" to the players. One player even moved the pieces on the board and analyzed while Fischer was on the other side of the room.

All in all this was too much pressure for Fischer, who became more and more annoyed and had to handle bad or lost positions in several games.

After a tea break, Fischer continued the simul very focused and with a high level of energy. It was clear that Fischer wanted to win as many games as possible, even from the dubious and lost positions! The number of games were now more limited, with Fischer coming back to each board more and more frequently, and all the time through the simul the players felt they had to make a move every time Fischer came to the board.

The 7 players who won:

K. B. Schou, S. Nordfjord, Erik Poulsen, Ole Illum Truelsen, Finn Petersen, Peter H. Norby, Poul E. Hansen.

The 7 players who drew:

L. A. Olesen, H. Juhl, Niels Holt, Allan Jensen, Benny Børresen, Jorgen Hvenekilde, Svend Lange.

The 27 players who lost (one name missing):

Th. Ellelund, Palle Henriksen, Leif Kristensen, Hjalmar Mortensen, Borge Petersen, Aage Frederiksen, Ole Juul Knudsen, K. F. Kinch, A. Cruusberg, A. Svensson, Einar Andersen, Ole Buch, Chr. M. Petersen, Chas. H. Larsen, Egon Hansen, Einar Thomsen, Noel Kaaber, Henning Moller, Verner Petersen, Jens Brem, Teddy Petersen, Henrik Sorensen, V. Lofquist, J. C. Sorensen, Egon Rasmussen, Svend Jensen.

Readers should go to ChessBase for games analysis and photos of the even.

Eight games have survived and are given below:

Fischer Simul
Copenhagen, March 11, 1962
Fischer, Bobby – Truelsen, Ole Illum
C14 French, Classical, Steinitz variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 O-O 8.Nf3 c5 9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Bd3 f5 11.Nb5 Nxc5 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.O-O-O Nxd3+ 14.Qxd3 Nb4 15.Qe2 Nxa2+ 16.Kb1 Qb4 17.Nfd4 Bxb5 18.Nxb5 a6 19.Kxa2 axb5+ 20.Kb1 Ra4 21.c3 Qb3 0-1

Copenhagen Simul, March 11,1962
Fischer, Bobby – Henriksen, Palle
B32 Sicilian, Labourdonnais-Loewenthal variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.Qd1 Qg6 9.Nc3 Nge7 10.h4 h5 11.Rh3 Qg4 12.f3 Qg6 13.Kf2 Nd4 14.Be3 d5 15.Rg3 Qf6 16.exd5 Nef5 17.Ne4 Qb6 18.Bxd4 exd4 19.Bd3 Nxg3 20.Nxg3 Bd7 21.Qe2+ Kf8 22.b3 Qf6 23.Qd2 g6 24.Qg5 Kg7 25.Ne4 Qxg5 26.hxg5 Bf5 27.Nf6 Bxd3 28.cxd3 Rac8 29.Re1 Rc2+ 30.Kg3 Rd8 31.Re7 b5 32.a4 bxa4 33.bxa4 Rc5 34.Ra7 Ra5 35.Kf4 Rxa4 36.Nd7 Ra2 37.Ne5 Rxd5 38.Rxf7+ Kg8 39.Rf6 a5 40.Nxg6 Rd7 41.Ne5 Ra7 42.g4 h4 43.Rh6 Rh7 44.Ra6 h3 45.Ra8+ Kg7 46.g6 Rh6 47.Kg5 h2 48.Ra7+ 1-0

Copenhagen Simul, March 11, 1962
Fischer, Bobby – Poulsen, Erik
C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defence, Berger variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.exf5 Nf6 6.O-O c6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.d3 Nxf5 9.Re1 d6 10.Bf1 Be7 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 O-O 13.Bg5 d5 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.Rxe6 Qd7 16.Re1 Bd6 17.g3 Qf7 18.Bd3 Nd7 19.f4 Bc5+ 20.Kh1 Rae8 21.Qf3 h6 22.g4 Re3 23.Qf1 Nd6 24.Rxe3 Bxe3 25.Qh3 d4 26.Ne4 Qd5 27.Qg2 hxg5 28.Nxd6 Qxd6 29.Bc4+ Kh8 0-1

Copenhagen Simul, March 11, 1962
Fischer, Bobby – Buch, Ole
E73, King’s Indian

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 e5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 O-O 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 Nd7 10.f3 f5 11.Qc2 Nf6 12.O-O-O Bd7 13.h3 a6 14.g4 Qe8 15.gxf5 gxf5 16.h4 b5 17.Rdg1 Nh5 18.exf5 Nxf5 19.Bg5 Nd4 20.Qd1 Nf4 21.Bh6 Rf7 22.Nde4 Qe7 23.Rg5 Bf5 24.Rhg1 Bg6 25.Bxg7 Rxg7 26.Bf1 Kh8 27.a3 Rgg8 28.cxb5 axb5 29.Nxb5 Nxb5 30.Bxb5 Nh3 31.Rxg6 Rxg6 32.Rxg6 hxg6 33.Qe1 Nf4 34.Qg3 Ra5 35.Bc4 Rxd5 36.Qg4 Rd4 37.Qc8+ Kg7 38.Qg8+ Kh6 39.Bf7 1-0

Copenhagen Simul, March 11, 1962
Fischer, Bobby – Jensen, Allan
C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence, Rubinstein variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.Bb3 h6 8.Nbd2 Ng6 9.Nc4 Be7 10.Ne3 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Nd5 Bf8 13.dxe5 Ncxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.f4 Ng4 16.Qf3 c6 17.Ne3 Nxe3 18.Bxe3 Qe7 19.Bc2 Bf5 20.exf5 Qxe3+ 21.Qxe3 Rxe3 22.Bd1 d5 23.Bf3 Bc5 24.Kh1 Rae8 25.Rad1 a5 26.g3 Kf8 27.Kg2 Bb6 1/2-1/2

Copenhagen Simul, March 11, 1962
Fischer, Bobby – Schou, K.B.
C51 Evans Gambit

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Nxb4 5.c3 Nc6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Kf1 Nge7 9.Ng5 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxf7 Kxf7 12.Qf3+ Qf6 13.Bxd5+ Ke7 14.Qe4+ Be6 15.Bg5 Qxg5 16.Qxe6+ Kd8 17.Bxc6 Qc1+ 18.Ke2 Qc2+ 19.Kf3 bxc6 20.Kg3 Re8 21.Qg4 Bd6+ 22.Kh3 Qxf2 23.g3 Re2 24.Qxg7 Qg2+ 25.Kg4 Re4+ 26.Kg5 Be7+ 0-1

Copenhagen Simul, March 11, 1962
Fischer, Bobby – Hvenekilde, Jorgen
A04 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 Nc6 2.d4 e6 3.e4 d6 4.c4 e5 5.d5 Nce7 6.Nc3 f5 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Bd3 Nf6 9.Bxf5 Nxf5 10.Ng5 Nd4 11.Be3 h6 12.Bxd4 hxg5 13.Be3 g4 14.Qc2 Qd7 15.O-O-O a6 16.Bg5 O-O-O 17.Kb1 Rh5 18.Be3 Qf5 19.Qxf5+ Rxf5 20.h3 Be7 21.hxg4 Nxg4 22.Ne4 Rf7 23.Kc2 Rg8 24.Kd3 Kd7 25.f3 Nh6 26.Bxh6 gxh6 27.Rdg1 c6 28.Ke2 Rg6 29.Rh5 cxd5 30.cxd5 Rf8 31.g3 Rc8 32.Kd3 b5 33.Rgh1 Rc4 34.Rxh6 Rd4+ 35.Ke2 Rxh6 36.Rxh6 Rxd5 37.g4 b4 38.g5 Rb5 39.g6 Ke6 40.g7+ Kf7 41.Rxd6 Bxd6 42.Nxd6+ Kxg7 43.Nxb5 axb5 44.Ke3 Kf6 1/2-1/2

Copenhagen Simul, March 11, 1962
Fischer, Bobby – Nordfjord, Sverrir
A05 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 c5 6.e4 d6 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.Qe2 O-O 9.c3 Nc6 10.a3 Qc7 11.b4 Rad8 12.Bb2 Nd7 13.Nc4 Rfe8 14.b5 Nce5 15.Ne3 d5 16.Nd2 Nf6 17.f4 Ng6 18.e5 Nd7 19.d4 Ndf8 20.a4 h6 21.Rac1 c4 22.Qh5 Rd7 23.f5 Bg5 24.Qe2 Nxe5 25.dxe5 Qxe5 26.Rf3 exf5 27.Ndf1 d4 28.cxd4 Bxf3 29.Qxf3 Bxe3+ 30.Nxe3 Qxe3+ 31.Qxe3 Rxe3 32.Rxc4 Rb3 33.Rc2 Ne6 34.d5 Nc5 35.Bd4 Ne4 0-1

It may be that some will think that these games are not representative of Fischer’s genius. Perhaps the other 33 game scores will eventually come to light.

Exhibition Game, Copenhagen
March 9, 1962
Larsen, Bent – Fischer, Bobby
A02 Bird’s Opening

1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.d3 d5 4.Nbd2 d4 5.c3 dxc3 6.bxc3 Nd5 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.Ne5 Bg7 9.Ne4 Nb6 10.Qb3 Nxe5 11.fxe5 Bxe5 12.Qb5+ Nd7 13.Bh6 c6 14.Qb3 Nf6 15.Bg7 Rg8 16.Bxf6 exf6 17.d4 f5 18.Nf2 Bf4 19.e4 fxe4 20.Bc4 Rg7 21.O-O b5 22.Nxe4 bxc4 23.Qxc4 Be3+ 24.Kh1 Bf5 25.Qxc6+ Kf8 26.Nd6 Rb8 27.Qc5 Qb6 28.Qe5 Bg5 29.Rae1 Qd8 30.g4 Bf6 31.Qd5 Be7 32.gxf5 Qxd6 33.Qxd6 Bxd6 34.f6 Rg8 35.c4 g5 36.c5 Bf4 37.h4 Rg6 38.d5 Rxf6 39.hxg5 Bxg5 40.d6 Rc8 41.Rxf6 Bxf6 42.d7 Rxc5 43.Re8+ Kg7 44.d8=Q Bxd8 45.Rxd8 Rc1+ 46.Kg2 Rc2+ 47.Kg3 Rxa2 0-1

[Wayne Komer]

Three Simuls – Fischer, Carlsen and Svidler

August 8, 2020

Magnus Carlsen

There were two simuls August 6 and 7 for chess24 users who took up a special 2-year Premium Membership offer - Magnus Carlsen and Peter Svidler The intention was for Magnus to take on 31 players, in two batches, with all the players having 30 minutes for the game plus a 30-second increment from move 1. The tournament was streamed. The games are numbered. Evidently there were two no-shows, Nos. 7 and 21. The names of the opponents are their pseudonyms from chess24.

Magnus Carlsen Simul on chess24
Game 1, August 6, 2020
Chesspatzeruk-Carlsen, Magnus
B96 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Qf3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.O-O-O b4 12.Nce2 Nc5 13.Rhe1 Bb7 14.Ng3 O-O-O 15.Qf2 h5 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 fxe5 18.Qf6 Bh6+ 19.Kb1 exd4 20.Re5 Nd7 0-1

Carlsen Simul
Game 2, August 6
Carlsen, Magnus – MarkWallace
A52 Budapest, Adler variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Ngxe5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O d6 10.b3 a5 11.Bb2 c6 12.Ne4 Ng6 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.Rad1 b6 16.Qe4 Bb7 17.h4 Rfe8 18.Qg4 Bc8 19.Qh5 Qe7 20.Qg5 Qxg5 21.hxg5 a4 22.Bf3 Bb7 23.Rd7 a3 24.Bc3 Rab8 25.Rfd1 Bc8 26.Rc7 Bf5 27.Bxc6 Rec8 28.Rxc8+ Rxc8 29.Bb7 Rb8 30.Bd5 Re8 31.Kh2 Kf8 32.Kg3 Rd8 33.f3 Ne7 34.e4 Bc8 35.Be5 Rd7 36.Bf4 Nc6 37.Bc1 Nb4 38.Bxa3 Nxa2 39.Ra1 Nc3 40.Bb2 Ne2+ 41.Kf2 Nf4 42.Ra8 Rc7 43.Ke3 Ne6 44.Be5 Rd7 45.Rxc8+ Ke7 46.Bxe6 fxe6 47.Bxg7 Kf7 48.Be5 Rd1 49.Rc7+ Kg8 50.Rg7+ Kf8 51.Rxh7 Re1+ 52.Kf4 Rb1 53.g6 Rxb3 54.g7+ Kf7 55.Rh8 Rxf3+ 56.gxf3 b5 57.g8=Q+ Ke7 58.Rh7# 1-0

Carlsen Simul
Game 3, August 6
Oldindian – Carlsen, Magnus
B50 Sicilian, Four Knights Fianchetto variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.O-O Be7 7.d3 O-O 8.Re1 e5 9.h3 Rb8 10.a4 a6 11.Kh2 b5 12.axb5 axb5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nb4 15.c3 Nxd5 16.d4 exd4 17.Nxd4 cxd4 18.Bxd5 dxc3 19.bxc3 Bf6 20.Ra7 b4 21.cxb4 Rxb4 22.Ba3 Rd4 23.Qf3 Rxd5 24.Qxd5 Qb6 25.Re3 Qxa7 26.Qxd6 Be7 27.Qxe7 Qxe7 28.Bxe7 1/2-1/2

Carlsen Simul
Game 4, August 6
Carlsen, Magnus – LarsBrobakken
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.c3 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 Nc6 9.Re1 Qc7 10.Nbd2 a6 11.Nb3 b6 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Qc1 Rac8 14.Bf4 Qd8 15.Bh6 Re8 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qf4 Qc7 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Ne4 20.Nd4 Nc5 21.Bc2 Bc6 22.Re3 Bd7 23.h4 Ne6 24.Nxe6+ Bxe6 25.h5 Qc4 26.h6+ Kg8 27.Qg3 Qg4 28.Qxg4 Bxg4 29.Bb3 Be6 30.Rd1 Rc5 31.Red3 Rb5 32.Ba4 Ra8 33.Bxb5 axb5 34.a3 Ra4 35.Rd4 Rc4 36.Rxc4 bxc4 37.a4 f6 38.exf6 exf6 39.a5 bxa5 40.Ra1 g5 41.Rxa5 Kf7 42.Ra6 Bf5 43.Rd6 Be4 44.f3 Ke7 45.Ra6 Bd3 46.Kf2 Bf5 47.Ke3 g4 48.Kd4 gxf3 49.gxf3 Kf7 50.Kxd5 Bd3 51.Kd4 Be2 52.Ra2 Kg6 53.b4 Bxf3 54.b5 Kxh6 55.b6 Kg5 56.Ra7 h5 57.b7 Bxb7 58.Rxb7 h4 59.Ke3 Kg4 60.Rg7+ Kh3 61.Kf3 f5 62.Rh7 f4 1-0

Carlsen Simul
Game 5, August 6
SA-17 – Carlsen, Magnus
A45 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nd2 cxd4 6.exd4 Bg4 7.Ngf3 e6 8.Qb3 Qc8 9.Bb5 Nd7 10.Ne5 Ndxe5 11.Bxe5 a6 12.Bxc6+ Qxc6 13.O-O f6 14.Bg3 Be7 15.h3 Bh5 16.Rfe1 O-O 17.Nf3 Rfe8 18.Rac1 Rac8 19.Qc2 b5 20.a3 a5 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 Bxb4 23.Re3 Bf8 24.Qd2 b4 25.Ne1 Bg6 26.f4 b3 27.Nd3 Ra8 28.Nb4 Qc4 29.Be1 Rec8 30.g4 Bxb4 31.h4 Ra2 0-1

Carlsen Simul
Game 6, August 6
Carlsen, Magnus – chesscoul
E92 King’s Indian, Petrosian System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Ne8 8.h4 h6 9.h5 g5 10.Be3 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Nd2 Nd7 13.g4 Bh7 14.Nde4 Ndf6 15.Bd3 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Nf6 17.Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Qd3 Qf6 20.Qxe4+ Kg8 21.Rh3 Rf7 22.O-O-O Raf8 23.Kb1 b6 24.a3 Qd8 25.f3 Re8 26.Rd3 Rf4 27.Bxf4 exf4 28.Qg6 Re1+ 29.Ka2 Qe7 30.Rh2 a5 31.Rb3 Qe5 32.Rd2 Rg1 33.Qe6+ Qxe6 34.dxe6 Kf8 35.c5 bxc5 36.Rb8+ Ke7 37.Rg8 Bf8 38.Re2 Rf1 39.Rh8 Rxf3 40.Rh7+ Ke8 41.e7 Rg3 42.Rh8 1-0

Carlsen Simul
Game 8, August 6
Carlsen, Magnus – orangeking
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Ne4 5.Qc2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Be7 7.e4 d6 8.h4 Nd7 9.Bf4 b6 10.Rd1 Bb7 11.Be2 Qc8 12.Rh3 Nf6 13.e5 Nh5 14.Bc1 g6 15.g4 Ng7 16.Bh6 Rg8 17.Ng5 Bxg5 18.Bxg5 Bg2 19.Re3 Qb7 20.d5 exd5 21.exd6+ Ne6 22.cxd5 Bxd5 23.d7+ Kf8 24.c4 Qc6 25.Rxd5 Nxg5 26.d8=Q+ Rxd8 27.Rxd8+ 1-0

Carlsen Simul
Game 9, August 6
Antennaman – Carlsen, Magnus
E20 Nimzo-Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.Bd3 Ba6 8.b3 c5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Qc2 cxd4 11.exd4 dxc4 12.bxc4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Qxd4 14.Ne2 Qc5 15.Be3 Qc7 16.Rac1 Bc5 17.Bxc5 Qxc5 18.Rfd1 Rad8 19.Ng3 g6 20.Be2 Bb7 21.Qc3 Ne4 22.Nxe4 Bxe4 23.Qf6 Qa3 24.Bf1 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Qxa2 26.h4 Qa5 27.Rd7 h5 28.Qe7 Qc5 29.Qxc5 bxc5 30.Rxa7 Ra8 31.Rxa8+ Bxa8 32.f4 Kf8 33.Kf2 Ke7 34.Ke3 Kd6 35.g3 Kc7 36.Be2 Kb6 37.Bf3 Bxf3 38.Kxf3 Ka5 39.Ke4 Kb4 40.Kd3 f5 41.Kd2 Kxc4 42.Kc2 Kd4 43.Kd2 c4 44.Kc2 c3 45.Kc1 Kd3 46.Kd1 c2+ 47.Kc1 Kc3 0-1

Final Position, Mate in 4 for Black



Carlsen Simul
Game 10, August 6
Carlsen, Magnus – Rodaug007
E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, main line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 c5 5.d5 h6 6.Bh4 d6 7.e3 exd5 8.cxd5 O-O 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Ne2 Ne5 11.O-O Nxd3 12.Qxd3 Re8 13.f4 Bg4 14.e4 c4 15.Qxc4 Qb6+ 16.Bf2 Qa5 17.a3 Bxe2 18.Nxe2 Rxe4 19.Nd4 Bc5 20.Rad1 Ng4 21.b4 Qa4 22.Rd2 Nxf2 23.Rfxf2 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Rxd4 25.Qxd4 Qxa3 26.f5 a5 27.bxa5 Rxa5 28.Rc2 Qa1+ 29.Qxa1 Rxa1+ 30.Kf2 Rd1 31.Rc8+ Kh7 32.Rc7 f6 33.Rxb7 Rxd5 34.g4 Rd3 35.Rd7 h5 36.g5 Rd5 37.gxf6 Rxf5+ 38.Kg3 Rxf6 39.h4 Kg6 40.Kg2 Kf5 41.Re7 Rg6+ 42.Kf3 Rg4 43.Ra7 g6 44.Rd7 Rxh4 45.Rxd6 Ra4 46.Rd5+ Ke6 47.Rb5 h4 48.Kg2 Ra3 49.Kh2 Kf6 50.Rb6+ Kf5 51.Rb5+ Kg4 52.Rb4+ Kh5 53.Rb8 g5 54.Rb2 h3 55.Rb8 Kh4 56.Rh8+ Kg4 57.Rb8 Ra2+ 58.Kh1 Kg3 59.Rb3+ Kh4 60.Rb8 g4 61.Rb1 Ra4 62.Rc1 g3 63.Rb1 h2 0-1

Black wins in 10 moves after 64.Kg2

Carlsen Simul
Game 11, August 6
Amargi – Carlsen, Magnus
A45 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.e3 Nh5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nxg3 8.hxg3 Bg7 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.Qe2 e6 11.Nbd2 Qe7 12.O-O-O a6 13.Kb1 b5 14.g4 c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 d5 18.Bd3 Bb7 19.Nd4 b4 20.Rh5 a5 21.Bb5+ Kf8 22.g3 a4 23.f4 Qc5 24.fxg5 a3 25.g6 axb2 26.Nxe6+ fxe6 27.Qf3+ Ke7 28.Qf7+ Kd6 29.Qd7# 1-0

Carlsen Simul
Game 12, August 6
Carlsen, Magnus – termatzor
E61 King’s Indian

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.g3 f5 9.exf5 gxf5 10.Ng5 Qe8 11.Be2 Nf6 12.Be3 h6 13.Nf3 Na6 14.Rg1 Kh8 15.Qd2 Nc5 16.Bxh6 Qg6 17.Bxg7+ Kxg7 18.O-O-O Nfe4 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Qe3 Qh6 21.Qxh6+ Kxh6 22.Rg2 Bd7 23.Nd2 Nc5 24.g4 fxg4 25.hxg4 Kg7 26.Rh1 Rh8 27.Rgh2 Rxh2 28.Rxh2 a5 29.Nf1 Be8 30.Ne3 Bg6 31.Kd2 Rf8 32.f3 Rf4 33.Nd1 Rd4+ 34.Ke3 Nd3 35.Bxd3 Bxd3 36.Rd2 Bxc4 37.Rxd4 exd4+ 38.Kxd4 Be2 39.Nc3 Bxf3 40.Nb5 Bxg4 41.Nxc7 Kf6 42.Na8 b5 43.a4 bxa4 44.Nb6 Ke7 45.Nc4 Kd7 46.Nxa5 Bf5 47.Nc4 Kc7 48.Kc3 Be4 49.Ne3 Kb6 50.Kb4 Bf3 51.Kxa4 Kc5 52.b4+ Kd4 53.Nf5+ Kxd5 54.b5 Kc5 55.Ka5 Bb7 56.Ng7 d5 57.Ne6+ Kc4 58.Kb6 Bc8 59.Kc7 Kxb5 60.Kxc8 d4 61.Nxd4+ 1/2-1/2

Carlsen Simul
Game 13, August 6
Ouimsletartuff – Carlsen, Magnus
D93 Grunfeld

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.Be2 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6 9.O-O Bg4 10.c5 Ne4 11.Be3 b6 12.cxb6 axb6 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Na5 16.Be2 Qc7 17.Qd2 Rfc8 18.Rfc1 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Qxc4 20.Rc2 Ra3 21.Rac1 h5 22.f4 Rca8 23.Ra1 h4 24.Kf2 e6 25.Qe2 Rxc3 26.Rxc3 Qxc3 27.Rc1 Qb4 28.Kf3 Ra3 29.Kg4 Qe7 30.g3 Bxd4 31.Rc8+ Kh7 32.Rc7 f5+ 0-1

Carlsen Simul
Game 14, August 6
Carlsen, Magnus – JMayer
E92 King’s Indian, Gligoric-Taimanov System

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Ng4 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bd2 a5 13.Ne1 Nh6 14.Nd3 f5 15.f3 Nf7 16.Be3 b6 17.a3 Ba6 18.b4 Nf6 19.Rc1 Bh6 20.Bxh6 Nxh6 21.Nf2 Bxe2 22.Qxe2 fxe4 23.fxe4 axb4 24.axb4 Qd7 25.Nb5 Rfc8 26.Rxc8+ Rxc8 27.Ra1 Nf7 28.h4 Nh5 29.Ra7 Qd8 30.Qg4 Rc1+ 31.Kh2 Nf4 32.g3 h5 33.Qf3 Rc2 34.gxf4 Qxh4+ 35.Kg1 exf4 36.Rxf7 Kxf7 37.Nxd6+ Kg7 38.e5 Qg5+ 39.Kf1 Rc1+ 40.Ke2 Qxe5+ 41.Nde4 Qxd5 42.Qxf4 Rc2+ 43.Kf1 Qc4+ 44.Kg2 Qe6 45.Kg3 Rc4 46.b5 Rb4 47.Qc7+ Kf8 48.Qd8+ Kg7 49.Qc7+ Kf8 50.Qd8+ Kg7 51.Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

(to be continued)

[Wayne Komer]

Three Simuls – Fischer, Carlsen and Svidler

August 8, 2020

Magnus Carlsen (continued)

Carlsen Simul
Game 15, August 6
Cedric5 – Carlsen, Magnus
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 a6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.d3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e6 10.O-O Nge7 11.Qd1 O-O 12.g4 f5 13.g5 Qd7 14.a4 h6 15.h4 hxg5 16.hxg5 Kf7 17.Ne2 Rh8 18.c3 Rh4 19.Be3 Rah8 20.Bf2 R4h7 21.Bg3 Ke8 22.Kf2 Kd8 23.Qb3 Kc8 24.Rh1 fxe4 25.dxe4 Rxh1 26.Rxh1 Rxh1 27.Bxh1 d5 28.Qb6 d4 29.cxd4 Bxd4+ 30.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 31.Kf3 Qd1+ 32.Kg2 Qxa4 33.Kh2 Qb4 34.Qxb4 Nxb4 35.Bf3 Nd3 36.b3 b5 37.Bg4 Kd7 38.Kg2 Nc1 39.Bd1 a5 40.Be1 b4 41.Kf3 Nc6 42.f5 Nd4+ 43.Ke3 exf5 44.exf5 Nxf5+ 45.Kd2 Na2 46.Kd3 Nd6 47.Bc2 Ke6 48.Ke3 Nf5+ 49.Kf4 Nc3 50.Bxf5+ gxf5 51.Bf2 c4 52.Bh4 cxb3 53.g6 b2 54.g7 Kf7 0-1

Carlsen Simul
Game 16, August 6
Carlsen, Magnus – ChesSeb45
D33 QGD, Tarrasch, Prague variation

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bg2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Bxd5 Bh3 14.Re1 Rae8 15.e3 Re5 16.Bg2 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 a6 18.Rb1 Na5 19.Qf3 Qxf3+ 20.Kxf3 b5 21.a4 bxa4 22.Rb4 a3 23.Ra1 Rc5 24.Rxa3 Rfc8 25.Ne2 Nc4 26.Rxa6 Ne5+ 27.Kg2 Nc6 28.Rba4 Ne5 29.Ra8 Rxa8 30.Rxa8+ Kh7 31.Ra7 Rb5 32.Ra2 Nc4 33.Nd4 Rc5 34.Rc2 Na3 35.Rc1 Rd5 36.g4 Nc4 37.h4 g6 38.Ra1 Ne5 39.Kg3 Kg7 40.Ra7 Nd7 41.c4 Rd6 42.Rc7 Nf6 43.c5 Rd5 44.c6 Ne8 45.Rd7 Rd6 46.c7 Rxd7 47.c8=Q Nf6 48.g5 hxg5 49.hxg5 Nh5+ 50.Kg4 1-0

Carlsen Simul
Game 17, August 6
Rothach – Carlsen, Magnus
A08 Neo-Sicilian, King’s Indian Attack, phantom line

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nbd2 d5 5.g3 Bd6 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b6 9.e5 Bc7 10.Nf1 Ng6 11.Bg5 Qd7 12.Bf4 Nxf4 13.gxf4 f6 14.d4 fxe5 15.fxe5 Ba6 16.c3 Rf4 17.Ng3 Raf8 18.Nh5 R4f5 19.Ng3 R5f7 20.Qa4 Nxd4 21.Qxd7 Nxf3+ 22.Bxf3 Rxd7 23.Bg4 Re7 24.Rad1 Rf4 25.f3 g6 26.Re3 h5 27.Bh3 Kg7 28.Bg2 h4 29.Nh1 d4 30.cxd4 cxd4 31.Ra3 Be2 32.Re1 d3 33.Nf2 h3 34.Bxh3 Rxf3 35.Bg2 d2 36.Ra1 Rxa3 37.bxa3 Bxe5 0-1

Carlsen Simul
Game 18, August 6
Carlsen, Magnus – shuaibqazi
D15 QGD Slav Accepted

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 b6 7.Ne5 e6 8.e4 dxe4 9.Bb5+ Nfd7 10.g4 Bg6 11.h4 f6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Qxe6+ Be7 14.Qxe4 a6 15.Bc4 Ra7 16.Qxg6+ Kf8 17.Qf7# 1-0

Carlsen Simul
Game 19, August 6
AmdreoXwe1312 – Carlsen, Magnus
C58 Two Knights Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.Qe2 Nxd5 9.c4 Nf4 10.Qxe5+ Qe7 11.Qxe7+ Bxe7 12.Nf3 Nd3+ 13.Ke2 O-O-O 14.b3 Bf6 15.Nc3 Nf4+ 16.Kd1 Bxc3 17.Rb1 Bf6 18.d4 Bxd4 19.Bxf4 Be3+ 20.Bd6 Rxd6+ 21.Ke2 Bh6 22.g3 Re8+ 23.Kf1 Nc6 24.Kg2 Nd4 25.c5 Rd5 26.Rbd1 Red8 27.Nh4 Bg5 28.Rxd4 Rxd4 29.Nf5 Rd2 30.Nxg7 Be3 31.Kf3 Bxc5 32.Nf5 Rxf2+ 33.Kg4 Rg8+ 34.Kh3 Rxf5 35.Rc1 Bd6 36.g4 Rf2 37.Rh1 h5 38.g5 Rxg5 39.a3 Rg4 40.Rg1 Rxh2# 0-1

Carlsen Simul
Game 20, August 6
Carlsen, Magnus – extraboesi
B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 Rc8 8.O-O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Qa5 10.Bd2 Qc5 11.Qxc5 Rxc5 12.f3 e6 13.Be3 Rc8 14.Bxa7 Be7 15.Nb5 Rc6 16.Bb8 d5 17.Nc7+ Kd8 18.exd5 Rxc7 19.d6 Bxd6 20.Rxd6 Rc6 21.Rxc6 Bxc6 22.Be5 Ne8 23.c4 f6 24.Bc3 Nc7 25.Be2 Kc8 26.Rd1 Re8 27.Ba5 e5 28.b4 Ne6 29.Bb6 Nf4 30.Bf1 f5 31.b5 Bd7 32.a4 Ne6 33.a5 e4 34.fxe4 fxe4 35.Be3 g5 36.g3 Nc7 37.Be2 h6 38.Rf1 Nd5 39.cxd5 1-0

- I am following the extraboesi game. It seems like Magnus's clock runs whether he's at the board or not. He's managing to cycle through the games and play on the increment!

Carlsen Simul
Game 22, August 6
Carlsen, Magnus – giraffe_level
A33 English, symmetrical variation

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.e4 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.exd5 Nb4 10.Qe2+ Qe7 11.Bxd7+ Kxd7 12.Be3 a6 13.O-O Qe5 14.Nf3 Qf5 15.a3 Nbxd5 16.Rfd1 Kc8 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Qc4+ Nc7 19.Bb6 1-0

Carlsen Simul
Game 23, August 6
Ishir3 – Carlsen, Magnus
C47 Four Knights, Scotch variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Rxe4 14.Re1 Rxe1+ 15.Qxe1 d6 16.f4 Bf5 17.fxg5 hxg5 18.Qf2 Be4 19.h4 f5 20.hxg5 Qxg5 21.Rb1 Kf7 22.Bh4 Qh5 23.Rb7 Rc8 24.Rxa7 Ke6 25.Qg3 c5 26.Qg7 Qxh4 27.Rxc7 Rxc7 28.Qxc7 Qe7 29.Qc8+ Kd5 30.c4+ Kxc4 31.Qa6+ Kc3 32.Qa3+ Kxc2 33.Qb3+ Kd2 34.g3 Qe5 0-1

Carlsen Simul
Game 24, August 6
Carlsen, Magnus – ChristianKabelin
C45 Scotch, Mieses variation, main line

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6 9.b3 g6 10.g3 d6 11.Bg2 Qxe5 12.Qxe5+ dxe5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Bxd5 Bb4+ 15.Bd2 Bxd2+ 16.Nxd2 Rd8 17.Bc6+ Kf8 18.Rc1 Rd6 19.Ne4 Rd4 20.Nc5 Bd3 21.Nxd3 Rxd3 22.Ke2 Rd8 23.Bf3 Rd7 24.Rhd1 Ke7 25.Rxd7+ Kxd7 26.Rc5 Re8 27.Bc6+ Kd6 28.Bxe8 Kxc5 29.Bxf7 Kd4 30.h4 a5 31.g4 c5 32.g5 Ke4 33.Bg8 Kf5 34.Kf3 e4+ 35.Ke3 Kg4 36.Kxe4 Kxh4 37.f4 Kg4 38.Bxh7 Kh5 39.a4 1-0

Mate in 9

Carlsen Simul
Game 25, August 6
NikiMullins – Carlsen, Magnus
B01 Scandinavian (Centre Counter) Defence

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d4 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.O-O e6 8.Re1 Be7 9.Re5 Qd8 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Ne2 h6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.c3 Qb6 15.Ng3 Bh7 16.b4 a5 17.a3 Nd5 18.Bxd5 cxd5 19.Ne5 Qc7 20.Ne2 Bd6 21.Nf3 Ra7 22.Qb3 axb4 23.axb4 Rfa8 24.Qb2 Qc4 25.Rxa7 Rxa7 26.Nd2 Qa2 27.Qxa2 Rxa2 28.Nb3 b6 29.f3 g5 30.Kf2 Rb2 31.Nc1 Bf4 32.g3 Bd2 33.Rd1 Bxc3 34.Nd3 Bxd4+ 35.Kf1 Bxd3 36.Rxd3 Bf6 37.f4 Rxb4 38.f5 b5 39.fxe6 fxe6 40.Rf3 Kf7 41.Ra3 Ra4 0-1

Carlsen Simul
Game 26, August 6
Carlsen, Magnus – Zebu31
B01 Scandinavian Defence

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bf5 5.c4 e6 6.dxe6 Bxe6 7.d4 c6 8.Nc3 Bd6 9.Bd3 h6 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.b3 Bb4 13.Bb2 Qa5 14.Qc2 Qh5 15.Re3 Rfe8 16.Rae1 Rac8 17.a3 Ba5 18.b4 Bc7 19.Ne2 Bxh3 20.Ne5 Bg4 21.Ng3 Qh4 22.Nxg4 Qxg4 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Rxe8+ Nxe8 25.Bf5 Qh4 26.Bxd7 Nf6 27.Bh3 Bxg3 28.fxg3 Qxg3 29.Qe2 h5 30.d5 Ng4 31.Bxg4 hxg4 32.Qe8+ Kh7 33.Qe5 1-0

Carlsen Simul
Game 27, August 6
Christodd – Carlsen, Magnus
B00 KP, Nimzowitsch Defence

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.c3 f6 6.Be2 fxe5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.dxe5 Bc5 9.O-O Ne7 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.fxe3 O-O 12.Nd2 Nc6 13.Nf3 Be4 14.Nd2 Qg5 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Bc4 Qxe3+ 17.Kh1 Nxe5 18.Bxe6+ Kh8 19.Qe1 Rxf1+ 20.Qxf1 Nd3 21.h3 Nf2+ 22.Kh2 Rf8 23.Rd1 Qf4+ 24.Kg1 Nxd1 25.Qxd1 e3 26.Bg4 Qf2+ 27.Kh2 Qd2 28.Qxd2 exd2 29.Kg1 Re8 30.Kf2 Re1 31.Bd1 Rxd1 32.Ke2 Rb1 33.Kxd2 Rxb2+ 0-1

Carlsen Simul
Game 28, August 6
Carlsen, Magnus – SergeijRachmaninoff
D20 QGA

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bg4 8.Nbc3 e6 9.O-O Nb4 10.f3 Bf5 11.a3 N4d5 12.Ng3 Be7 13.Nxf5 exf5 14.f4 h5 15.Qd3 g6 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Qb5+ c6 18.Qxb7 Qc8 19.Qxc8+ Rxc8 20.Bd2 Rb8 21.Ba4 Kd7 22.Rfc1 Rhc8 23.b4 Nb6 24.Bb3 Nd5 25.Rc2 a5 26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.Rxc8 Kxc8 28.Rc1+ Kb7 29.bxa5 Bxa3 30.Rc2 Rc8 31.a6+ 1-0

Carlsen Simul
Game 29, August 6
NorwegianHarlekin – Carlsen, Magnus
A20 English, Kingside Fianchetto

1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 e5 3.c4 h6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.a3 Bxc3 6.bxc3 O-O 7.d4 e4 8.h4 Re8 9.Nh3 Nc6 10.O-O Na5 11.c5 d6 12.cxd6 cxd6 13.d5 b6 14.Nf4 Ba6 15.Rb1 Rc8 16.Be3 Rxc3 17.Bd4 Rxa3 18.f3 e3 19.g4 Ra2 20.Bb2 Nc4 21.Bd4 Rd2 22.Qa4 Rxd4 23.Qxa6 Rxf4 0-1

Carlsen Simul
Game 30, August 6
Carlsen, Magnus – Patrick-muhs
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls, Kevitz variation

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 d6 5.d4 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.Be2 Ng6 8.O-O Be7 9.Ne1 O-O 10.Nd3 c5 11.Be3 Bd7 12.b4 b6 13.bxc5 bxc5 14.Rb1 Qa5 15.Qd2 Rab8 16.f3 Rb6 17.Rxb6 axb6 18.Rb1 Ra8 19.a4 Bd8 20.g3 h6 21.Kg2 Bxa4 22.Ra1 Qa7 23.Rxa4 Qb8 24.Qa2 Rxa4 25.Qxa4 Qc8 26.Qc6 Qxc6 27.dxc6 Ne7 28.Nb5 Ne8 29.Na7 Nc7 30.Nb2 f5 31.Na4 Ne6 32.Nc3 Bc7 33.Nd5 Nxd5 34.cxd5 Nf8 35.Nb5 Bd8 36.Nxd6 Ng6 37.Nb7 Bc7 38.d6 Bxd6 39.Nxd6 Ne7 40.c7 g6 41.Nc4 Nc8 42.Nxb6 Nxb6 43.Bxc5 Nc8 44.Ba6 1-0

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-to...ul-2020/1/1/28

Carlsen against opponents 24.5/28

An impressive display.

Video at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70h3aj6ytsA

[Wayne Komer]

Three Simuls – Fischer, Carlsen and Svidler

August 8, 2020

Peter Svidler

Peter planned to take on 9 opponents but there were two no-shows. The conditions he played under were the same as for Carlsen previously – a total of 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment. The names of his opponents are their chess24 pseudonyms.

Svidler Simul
Game 1, August 7, 2020
Blastitbiggs – Svidler, Peter
A45 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.c3 O-O 5.Nf3 b6 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.Bd3 d6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.O-O-O c5 10.h3 Rc8 11.g4 cxd4 12.exd4 Nd5 13.Bh2 Nb4 14.Qb1 Nxd3+ 15.Qxd3 Nf6 16.Nb1 b5 17.a3 a5 18.Rd2 b4 19.axb4 axb4 20.Rc2 Be4 21.Qe2 Qa5 22.Nfd2 Bxc2 23.Kxc2 bxc3 24.Nxc3 Nd5 25.Nb1 Bxd4 26.Qd2 Bxc3 27.Nxc3 Nxc3 28.bxc3 Qa2+ 29.Kd3 Qd5+ 30.Ke2 Qxh1 0-1

Svidler Simul
Game 4, August 7
Svidler, Peter - Second2Nunn
B21 Sicilian, Smith-Morra Gambit

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Bf4 e6 9.Qe2 b5 10.Bb3 Ra7 11.Rac1 Rd7 12.Nxb5 axb5 13.Rxc6 Bb7 14.Qxb5 Nxe4 15.Rb6 Nc5 16.Rc1 Qa8 17.Rxc5 dxc5 18.Ne5 1-0

Svidler Simul
Game 5, August 7
Thuri – Svidler, Peter
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O a6 6.c3 Nxe4 7.Re1 Nf6 8.d4 b5 9.Bc2 g6 10.a4 Bb7 11.Bf4 Qb6 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.b4 Rd8 14.Qe2 e6 15.axb5 axb5 16.Ra5 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 cxb4 18.Ra8 Be7 19.Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.Bh6 Qc5 21.Bb3 Qh5 22.Qf4 Nc5 23.Bg7 Nd3 24.Rxe6+ fxe6 25.Qd6 Qf5 26.Qxe6+ Qxe6 27.Bxe6 Rf8 28.Bxf8 Kxf8 29.cxb4 Bb6 0-1

Svidler Simul
Game 6, August 7
Svidler, Peter – metalworker
A04 Reti

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nc6 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.b3 O-O 8.Ba3 Qa5 9.Qc1 d6 10.e3 Bd7 11.Rd1 Rfd8 12.Bb2 d5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Na4 Bxb2 15.Qxb2 d4 16.Rac1 b6 17.exd4 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Bxa4 20.Qxa4 Qxa4 21.bxa4 Rac8 22.Be4 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Rxd2 24.Rc7 Kf8 25.Bc2 a5 26.Bb3 Rd6 27.Rb7 h5 28.Kg2 Rf6 29.f4 Nf5 30.Kf2 Nd4 31.Bd5 Rf5 32.Be4 Rf6 33.Ke3 Rd6 34.Bd3 Ne6 35.Bc4 Rc6 36.Bb3 Rc3+ 37.Ke4 Nc5+ 38.Kd4 Rd3+ 39.Kc4 Nxb7 40.Kxd3 Ke7 41.Kd4 Nd6 42.Kd5 Kd7 43.Bc2 Ne8 44.h3 Nf6+ 45.Ke5 Ke7 46.Bd3 Ne8 47.Kd5 Nf6+ 48.Kc6 Nd7 49.Bb5 1-0

Svidler Simul
Game 7, August 7
Heinemann, Josefine – Svidler, Peter
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen, English variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O a6 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Kb1 Bb7 13.a3 Nd7 14.h4 Rc8 15.g5 Ne5 16.Qe3 Qc7 17.f4 Nc6 18.Bb6 Qb8 19.h5 b4 20.axb4 Nxb4 21.h6 1-0

Final Position



Congratulations to WGM Josefine Heinemann on picking up a win against Peter!

After the one early loss Peter went on to win the remaining 6 games. Congrats to all who took part!

Svidler Simul
Game 8, August 7
Svidler, Peter – Alboredo, Julia
B67 Siciian, Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f3 Be7 10.h4 h6 11.Be3 h5 12.Bg5 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Qc7 14.Bd3 Rc8 15.Qf2 b5 16.Kb1 b4 17.Ne2 e5 18.c3 a5 19.cxb4 axb4 20.Rc1 Qb7 21.Rxc8+ Bxc8 22.Bc4 Be6 23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.Qe3 Kf7 25.Rc1 Rc8 26.Rxc8 Qxc8 27.Nc1 Ng8 28.Bxe7 Nxe7 29.Nd3 Qc4 30.f4 Nc6 31.fxe5 Nxe5 32.Qf4+ Kg8 33.Nxe5 dxe5 34.Qxe5 Qf1+ 35.Kc2 Qc4+ 36.Kd2 Qxa2 37.Qb8+ Kh7 38.Qxb4 Qa7 39.Ke2 Qg1 40.Kf3 Qd1+ 41.Kf2 Qg4 42.g3 Qh3 43.Qc3 Qh2+ 44.Kf3 Qh1+ 45.Kf4 Qf1+ 46.Ke5 Qf6+ 47.Kd6 Qd8+ 48.Kxe6 Qe8+ 49.Kd5 Qd7+ 50.Kc4 Qc7+ 51.Kb3 Qb7+ 52.Kc2 Qb5 53.Kd2 Qf1 54.Qe3 Qb1 55.Qd4 Qf1 56.Qe5 Qf2+ 57.Kc3 Qe1+ 58.Kc4 Qc1+ 59.Kb5 Qf1+ 60.Kb6 Qf2+ 61.Ka6 Qe2+ 62.Ka5 Qe1+ 63.b4 Qe3 64.Qxh5+ Kg8 65.Qe5 1-0

Svidler Simul
Game 9, August 7
Descarrega Zacarias, Vanessa – Svidler, Peter
B49 Sicilian, Taimanov variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 b5 8.a3 Bb7 9.Qd2 Nf6 10.f4 b4 11.axb4 Bxb4 12.Bf3 Na5 13.Qd3 Nc4 14.Bc1 Rc8 15.O-O O-O 16.Kh1 Nxb2 17.Bxb2 Bxc3 18.Bxc3 Qxc3 19.Rfb1 Qxd3 20.cxd3 Rc7 21.h3 Ra8 22.Nb3 d5 23.e5 Nd7 24.Na5 Bc6 25.Nxc6 Rxc6 26.Ra5 g6 27.d4 Nb6 28.Be2 Nc4 29.Ra4 a5 30.Rb5 Ne3 31.Rbxa5 Rxa5 32.Rxa5 Rc2 33.Bf3 Nf5 34.Bxd5 exd5 35.Rxd5 Rc4 36.Rd8+ Kg7 37.d5 Rxf4 38.Rd7 Kf8 39.d6 Nd4 40.Rd8+ Kg7 41.Re8 Ne6 42.Kg1 Re4 43.d7 Rd4 44.Re7 Nf8 45.Kf2 Rxd7 0-1

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-to...mul-2020/1/1/1

Final Result Svidler 6/7

Video at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKl--07lOFU