Simul Master

Over the weekend the ACT Junior Chess League ran its annual Masters Coaching Weekend. This year 3 groups of leading Canberra Juniors were coached by IM David Smerdon, IM Andras Toth, and Endre Ambrus. They were joined for the Sunday sessions by the regular ACT Junior Chess Development Squad members.
As is tradition at these weekends, the players got to play a simul against one of the coaches. This year it was IM David Smerdon. While it was a chance for the juniors to take on Australia's No. 2 player it was also a chance for David to get some practice in for an attempt on the world record for the most number of chess games played in a session by one player. David put the session to good use, playing a total of 38 games, scoring 37 wins and 1 draw (against Ethan Derwent). Given the quality of opposition, this was an outstanding effort, but in terms of result and speed (a little under 2 hours for the whole simul).