Simultaneous Exhibition

8:30-11:30pm
ECS 025

Rules

Each student will play game in 60 mins. Grandmaster Smirin will play game in 100 mins. Grandmaster Smirin will take White in all games.

Results

Grandmaster Smirin won fourteen games, lost none, and drew one. Fifteen people played in the simultaneous, including two players from the Internet Chess Club. William Carroll (1833) drew after quickly obtaining an opening advantage. The two internet contestants played under the pseudonyms Twinjet (1720) from Tampabay, Florida, and Babaganush (2100) from Denver, Colorado---both lost. The event finished at approximately 10:30pm, with Smirin rarely taking more than 2-3 seconds per move.

Players

  1. Kyle Kowalske (2131)
  2. Babganush-from Denver, CO (2100)
  3. Eric Perlman (2097)
  4. Bentley Plummer (2023)
  5. William Carroll (1833)
  6. Gary Ritchman (1786)
  7. Michael Finn (1741)
  8. Eric Carson (1726)
  9. Twinjet-from Tampabay, FL (1720)
  10. Alan Stewart (1699)
  11. Steven Soitis (1617)
  12. Joel Winer (1586)
  13. Kevin Stevens (1576)
  14. John McNerney (1532)
  15. James Wood (1510)