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GM ICCF Hewctor Walsh Simu

What's the point in playing vs -400 rating people? That's already boring. Additionally, moves which are done in blitz or bullet are not interesting by definition, since they are done without real think process, just on patterns and direct moves calculation.
It's interesting to watch a simul that's being commentated on twitch, but you need more people and a possibility of flagging to make it interesting. 8 people at 10+30 is too easy.
I think any game you lose is interesting, at least from a learning slash improvement standpoint. Salsa went 8-0 this simul, so unless all eight participants are not interested in improvement, we have definitive interest.

So thanks hal, we shall all take heed of your declaration. Will this be the end of simul chess exhibitions? Probably not.
I'm very sorry about second statement, it looked to me like all games are 1+0. Since they are 10+ min, they are completely ok in timing, yet it's still too easy challenge for 2400 player, almost no intrigue.

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