Curdo conducts the simul with 31 opponents. This was truely awesome with Curdo running from board to board barely giving any opponent time to think!
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The lecture filled all the seats and was standing room only in the back! | SM John Curdo conducts a pre Simul lecture. He lectured about tactics, especially the "Arc" trick where you corner your opponents Bishop. |
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All eyes glued to the demo board... | |
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Time for an anecdote or two... | |
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A bit of chat on chess memory and pattern recognition... | |
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The battle lines are drawn! | Curdo conducts the simul with 31 opponents. This was truely awesome with Curdo running from board to board barely giving any opponent time to think! |
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Curdo uses the pole to slingshot himself to the next board! | |
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Think hard, think hard, he'll be here soon... | |
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Round and round he goes... | |
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Egad! He can't keep this up all night can he? | |
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So... lemme see, are his pieces better? What the heck should my plan be?! | |
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Curdo pauses to think... This could either be real good, or real bad... | |
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Another tough game! | |
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Gees, I brought my good set, hope I can get a draw! | |
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The last of the carnage...for now... |