It’s so easy to start a simul on PlayChess.com!

by Arne Kaehler
7/11/2020 – You probably already know how to create your personal virtual room on PlayChess.com. If not, we have a link included in this article on how to do it. In your virtual room, you can challenge friends, organize tournaments for your chess club, give valuable coaching lessons and play simultaneous games. The last point is what the 5-minute video in this article is all about!
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How to start a Simul

Once your virtual room has been created, and the players you invited have joined the room, you can start a simultaneous match against them.

This video is shorter than five minutes and shows you what steps to take!

If you have a person sitting next to you who can tell you the moves, how about trying to attempt a “blindfolded” online simul exhibition? Not sure how many of those have been played so far. Grandmaster Timur Gareyev managed to play a blindfold simul against 48 opponents in Las Vegas, 2016. This simul made it into the Guiness book of world records.

 
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MoveNResultEloPlayers
1.e41,172,27354%2421---
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1.g319,77556%2427---
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Bc5 6.Re1 Ng4 7.Re2 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 e4 10.dxc6 exf3 11.gxf3 Nxh2 12.Re5 Qf6 13.Rxc5 Nxf3+ 14.Kg2 Bh3+ 15.Kxh3 Qh4+ 16.Kg2 Qg4+ 17.Kf1 Nh2+ 18.Ke1 Rfe8+ 0–1
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Brownscombe,T2149Gareyev,T26180–12016C78Las Vegas blindfold simul1.4
Gareyev,T2618Judkins,K-½–½2016D00Las Vegas blindfold simul1.5
Gough,T-Gareyev,T2618½–½2016D08Las Vegas blindfold simul1.6
Gareyev,T2618Dashoff,D-1–02016B07Las Vegas blindfold simul1.1
Babre,S-Gareyev,T2618½–½2016A45Las Vegas blindfold simul1.2
Gareyev,T2618Bodziony,P-1–02016B40Las Vegas blindfold simul1.3
Gareyev,T2618Lucan,M18340–12016B00Las Vegas blindfold simul1.7
Gareyev,T2618Sletten,D-1–02016A00Las Vegas blindfold simul1.19
Konzona TEAM-Gareyev,T2618½–½2016A00Las Vegas blindfold simul1.20
Gareyev,T2618Clay,C-1–02016A20Las Vegas blindfold simul1.17
Lyle,S-Gareyev,T26181–02016D00Las Vegas blindfold simul1.18
Gareyev,T2618Russell,S-1–02016B01Las Vegas blindfold simul1.23
Mikolic,J-Gareyev,T26180–12016A52Las Vegas blindfold simul1.24
Gareyev,T2618Merwin,S19670–12016D07Las Vegas blindfold simul1.21
Let's Play Chess TEAM-Gareyev,T26180–12016C56Las Vegas blindfold simul1.22
Van Voorhis,S-Gareyev,T26180–12016A20Las Vegas blindfold simul1.16
Sobel,S1875Gareyev,T2618½–½2016A90Las Vegas blindfold simul1.10
Gareyev,T2618Dunn,J-1–02016C44Las Vegas blindfold simul1.11
McGregor,A-Gareyev,T26180–12016B23Las Vegas blindfold simul1.8
Gareyev,T2618Ramirez,J19991–02016D00Las Vegas blindfold simul1.9
LVDS B-Gareyev,T26180–12016A00Las Vegas blindfold simul1.14
Gareyev,T2618White,S-1–02016B21Las Vegas blindfold simul1.15
Dunn,M-Gareyev,T26180–12016A45Las Vegas blindfold simul1.12
Gareyev,T2618LVDS A-1–02016D31Las Vegas blindfold simul1.13
Gareyev,T2618Kiraly,A-1–02016B15Las Vegas blindfold simul1.39
Smith,T-Gareyev,T26180–12016B21Las Vegas blindfold simul1.38
Gareyev,T2618McCarthy,A-0–12016A80Las Vegas blindfold simul1.37
Scott,T-Gareyev,T26180–12016C25Las Vegas blindfold simul1.40
Gareyev,T2618Lester,T-1–02016A04Las Vegas blindfold simul1.43
Lester,R-Gareyev,T26180–12016A00Las Vegas blindfold simul1.42
Gareyev,T2618Watkins,C-1–02016A03Las Vegas blindfold simul1.41
El Dorado TEAM-Gareyev,T26180–12016A04Las Vegas blindfold simul1.34
Gareyev,T2618Wu,S-1–02016C44Las Vegas blindfold simul1.35
Wu,S-Gareyev,T26180–12016B29Las Vegas blindfold simul1.36
Gareyev,T2618Stuart,J-1–02016A45Las Vegas blindfold simul1.33
Ritesh,M-Gareyev,T26180–12016B02Las Vegas blindfold simul1.30
Gareyev,T2618Steel,B-1–02016A17Las Vegas blindfold simul1.31
Tyson,B-Gareyev,T2618½–½2016B03Las Vegas blindfold simul1.32
Nilo de Andrade,L-Gareyev,T2618½–½2016E21Las Vegas blindfold simul1.44
Gribbon,C-Gareyev,T26180–12016B45Las Vegas blindfold simul1.28
Gareyev,T2618Babadilla,O-1–02016A00Las Vegas blindfold simul1.29
Rost,B1918Gareyev,T26181–02016A00Las Vegas blindfold simul1.48
Gareyev,T2618Currell,J-1–02016E07Las Vegas blindfold simul1.25
Holcomb,C-Gareyev,T26180–12016B23Las Vegas blindfold simul1.26
Gareyev,T2618Rhoads,D-1–02016B86Las Vegas blindfold simul1.27
Gareyev,T2618Smith,J-0–12016D06Las Vegas blindfold simul1.45
Gareyev,T2618Jorasch,J19431–02016B55Las Vegas blindfold simul1.47
Hildebrand,D-Gareyev,T26180–12016A07Las Vegas blindfold simul1.46

Tap into your creative mind and start the game on a fresh note. The Trompowsky (1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5) is an opening outside of conventional wisdom. Create challenges and make your opponent solve problems early on.

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If you missed how to create a virtual room, please click the link above.

We also have a written version on how to play Simultaneous exhibitions in our PlayChess.com help section.

ChessBase has a full article about Gareyev's simul record.

Arne Kaehler, a creative mind who is passionate about board games in general, was born in Hamburg and learned to play chess at a young age. By teaching chess to youth teams and creating chess-related videos on YouTube, Arne was able to expand this passion and has even created an online course for anyone who wants to learn how to play chess. Arne writes for the English and German news sites, but focuses mainly on content for the ChessBase media channels.

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