Another world record: Navara and Movsesian play a simul

by ChessBase
12/5/2016 – Timur Gareyev used the weekend to set a new world record in Las Vegas by playing 48 games blindfold simultaneously, and David Navara and Sergei Movsesian spent the weekend in Prague to also set a new world record in simultaneous chess: they played 12 games against each other - at the same time. Navara won 8.5-3.5.
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Photos: Anezka Kruzikova

The event took place in the "Luziny" shopping mall in Prague and many people stopped to see the grandmasters in action.

The poster for the match was designed by Jan Hruby, a well-known Czech artist.

Organiser Pavel Matocha (left) introduces Sergey Movsesian (center) and David Navara (right)

The grandmasters first had to show their skills by...

... playing against the public.

But then Sergei Movsesian (left ) and David Navara (right)
were to play a simul of 12 games against each other.

This was not the first such simul...

... but never before have two grandmasters played so many games
simultaneously against each other.

12 games - that's a new world record. Both players are probably happy to set this world record but David Navara is probably a bit happier - he won the match 8.5-3.5.

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1.e4 0 c5 11 2.Nf3 4 d6 0 3.d4 1:10 cxd4 3 4.Nxd4 2:03 Nf6 2:05 5.Nc3 40 a6 58 6.a4 1:29 e6 1:29 7.Be2 49 Be7 1:25 8.0-0 8:03 0-0 12 9.f4 1:20 Nc6 2:53 10.Be3 1:23 Qc7 3:56 11.Kh1 0 Re8 11 12.Bg1 13 Rb8 1:41 13.Qd3 5:53 e5 3:30 14.fxe5 1:40 dxe5 1:44 15.Qg3 5:32 Kh8 42 16.Rad1 7:01 Nxd4 2:07 17.Bxd4 2:24 Bb4 0 18.Rxf6 1:34 Bxc3 2:42 19.Bb6 1:44 Qe7 3:25 20.Rfd6 4:53 Bxb2 7:03 21.Bd8 18 Qf8 2:24 22.Bc7 2:40 Ra8 0 23.Rb6 2:28 Qc5 2:08 24.Qb3 3:10 Qxc7 1:08 25.Qxb2 2:34 Re7 1:22 26.a5 2:07 Be6 1:35 27.Rb1 1:53 Ree8 0 28.Bd3 53 Rad8 7:03 29.Rxb7 3:06 Qxa5 1:10 30.Rb6 3:15 Bc8 4:53 31.h3 1:53 h6 20 32.Rf1 9:22 Re6 0 33.Rb8 3:12 Rg6 3:47 34.Qa1 1:03 Qc7 3:59 35.Rbb1 17 Rc6 1:34 36.Rb4 1:19 a5 24 37.Rb5 22 Ba6 0 38.Rxa5 10 Bxd3 1:11 39.cxd3 7 f6 39 40.Ra3 0 Qd7 1:19 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Movsesian,S2673Navara,D2725½–½2016B50Simul Match Navara vs Movsesian1.1
Movsesian,S2673Navara,D27250–12016B12Simul Match Navara vs Movsesian1.3
Movsesian,S2673Navara,D27251–02016A22Simul Match Navara vs Movsesian1.5
Movsesian,S2673Navara,D27250–12016B12Simul Match Navara vs Movsesian1.7
Movsesian,S2673Navara,D2725½–½2016C50Simul Match Navara vs Movsesian1.9
Movsesian,S2673Navara,D27250–12016A30Simul Match Navara vs Movsesian1.11
Navara,D2725Movsesian,S26731–02016A50Simul Match Navara vs Movsesian1.2
Navara,D2725Movsesian,S26731–02016B45Simul Match Navara vs Movsesian1.4
Navara,D2725Movsesian,S2673½–½2016D30Simul Match Navara vs Movsesian1.6
Navara,D2725Movsesian,S26731–02016C16Simul Match Navara vs Movsesian1.8
Navara,D2725Movsesian,S26731–02016E48Simul Match Navara vs Movsesian1.10
Navara,D2725Movsesian,S26730–12016A20Simul Match Navara vs Movsesian1.12

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