The first event of the 2007 ANU Chess Festival got underway with GM Ian Rogers giving both a blindfold and then a normal simul. He had a perfect score in both events, although his final game ended with his opponent resigning in a drawn position.
Unfortunately the event attracted a smaller than expected turnout, with the Canberra chess community deciding it wasn't an important enough event to turn up to. Or as one (semi-retired) player who came especially to play Ian on hearing the news of his retirement described it, "an insult".
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That is sad, but not an insult. Canberra is not a big city. If the Simul was in Syd/Mel/Bris then the numbers would have been , well, much larger. However, the time of day that it was on would also be a problem. KIds are at school, workers at work.
HEY! perhaps he would like t do a simil for club level players at the 2008AC in Sydney.
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