I also gave away a copy of my book Prepare With Chess Strategy, as a prize to the one person, Esteban, who defeated me. See if you can find my winning plan as White.įor drawing me, I gave the dad a copy of Chess Tactics Workbook for Kids, which I had reviewed for Texas Knights. I am guessing we were around move 40 in this position. I finally won a pawn against the five-year-old, and traded off pieces to get to a winning endgame.
I figured his dad could help him with keeping his hands off the board until I arrived for my next move. But the five-year-old son was a bit young to consistently follow that rule. One rule of a simultaneous exhibition is to not make your move until the exhibitor is standing in front of your board, so the exhibitor can see your move. I would be confused, and ask, “Did you play two moves in a row?” He would answer that he did, and he would take back one of the moves. When I arrived at the son’s board, he would play an additional move. The son sometimes moved while I wasn’t at his board. And, after the dad accepted my draw offer, he could then better supervise his five-year-old son. Also, by offering him a draw, a player from the waiting list could get a chance to play me. It was also a more challenging position than the positions that I had on my other nine boards, where I was material ahead and had clear winning plans. My reasoning was that the position was probably equal. I decided to offer him a draw in this position. He developed his chessmen and castled, for example. The son was only five years old, but played quite well. Two of the first 10 people seated were a father and son. Although not everyone got the chance to play me, spectators kept busy by playing each other on extra chess boards provided and watching the exhibition’s games. US Chess ( Chess Life Online) posted a press release giving details of the exhibition. But sometimes my opponent was not ready to make a move, or had made an illegal move or an extra move, and that slowed down the exhibition’s pace. I moved almost instantly when I arrived at each board. Two hours later, I had played 20 games, finishing with 18 wins, one draw, and one loss.Ģ0 games in two hours is a fast pace, meaning the average game took six minutes. As players finished, they were replaced with the next names on the waiting list. 77 people attended in this fourth year of the event, with 32 lined up and waiting at the door for the 2 p.m. On January 11, 2020, I gave my annual simultaneous chess exhibition at the Flower Mound Public Library.
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