What is a simul win?

The simul-giver came past your board again and again. Each time you found a good move, and in the end you won. In a simul, one strong player, called the simul-giver, plays many people at once. Most of them lose, some get a draw, and only a few win. This sticker is for those few.

What counts

• The simul-giver is strong: someone with a chess title, a champion, or the best player around.
• A draw is a great result, but it does not earn this sticker.

In 1922, the great Capablanca played 103 people at once in Cleveland. He won 102 of the games and drew one, so nobody beat him at all.

How to beat a simul-giver

Start with an opening you know well, the first moves you have played many times. After that, attack, because many people lose a simul when they only wait and defend. The simul-giver has no time to think at your board, so give them something hard to think about.

Where simuls happen

Simuls are set up by other people, at a club, a camp, a festival or a school visit. You cannot set one up yourself. The Simul sticker tells you what a simul is like and how to join one. Every simul you play is a new chance at this sticker.

How you get the sticker

Your grown-up or coach checks it and hands you the sticker. Tell them who the simul-giver was and where the simul took place. Then show your scoresheet, or a photo of the final position. After the game, ask the simul-giver to sign your scoresheet, and keep it with your passport. Whoever ran the simul saw you win, and they can tell your grown-up at home. Did you win a simul before you had the passport? It still counts.