Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 20:58:57 06/09/00
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On June 09, 2000 at 22:42:49, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. > > >wise advice: play something you know well. He knows _all_ openings well enough >to rip you if you go into something you are not clear on. Good advice. More advice: where possible, steer the game towards double edged positions. In simuls, GMs will try to win games using technique - you know, get a small edge, snuff out counterplay, slowly squeeze the opponent to death if he/she doesn't blunder first. So where possible, muddy the waters a little so the GM has to actually think as opposed to playing on auto-pilot. If it doesn't work in your game, it might distract Mr Karpov from some of your neighbours games :-) cheers, Peter
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