Author: Pete R.
Date: 16:30:53 06/09/00
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On June 09, 2000 at 13:21:34, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Hi all: >Karpov is visiting my country -Chile- and as a part of the things he will do >here, tomorrow saturday he will play a simul against 8 boards; 4 of them played >by gifted children and the other 4 played by "personalities" of the country that >at the same time are supposed to have some relation with chess. Well, I fall in >the last category and so I was invited to be part of the carneage and I will >play the monster, or better said, I will be toyed by him. Of Course I do not >expect nothing but to give the toughest fight possible and even, if Gods smile >to me, get a draw if I play enough long to get Anatole into deep boredom or >getting hungry and wanting to got to lunch, as much this thing happens at 12:30 >PM. So what I need now is some advice from those that knows well how this >monster play simuls. What do you think is the line- for blacks- that ensures the >most chances to delay the bitter end againts e4 or d4? >Truly yours, Fernando, the next little biscuit for Karpov. In order to do this you must understand the plans behind the black opening that you choose. You should choose something you are most familiar and comfortable with, and study what you can tonight in those lines. If you choose a new opening now, you greatly increase the chance of blundering as soon as you are out of book. The situation is hopeless since you will be slowly crushed at best, but you have the best chances not to blunder if you pick *your* most familiar lines. Trying to fool a super GM with a strange line you work on the night before a game is a waste of time. You will soon be out of your preparation, unless you are blessed with a photographic memory, and get destroyed sooner as a result. Also, just play slowly enough and perhaps you will be last to lose simply by running out your time as much as you can. ;) Good luck and be sure to post the game!
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