thats funny :D
Worst ever in simultaneous exhibitions
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If this is true, I could only imagine that happening with cheating involved.
In his defense he played a bunch of very talented boys, many of whom became later masters and grandmasters. He actually was warned about the strength of that group but decided to play anyway. If I remember correctly no one was bold enough to play these "boys" since
It's very usual these days to see top chess players in the same age group, would anybody give a simul to them?!
From the article at that time, translated from Russian: "A curious incident occurred in Moscow in 1951. English champion international master Robert Wade held a session on 30 boards at the Palace of Pioneers. Newspapers around the world reported the result of the session as a unique achievement. The Englishman drew ten games, and lost the remaining twenty... But the guest did not lose his sense of humor and, having suffered a fiasco, remarked: “If any of these pioneers had given a session against thirty Wades, the score would have been much better.”
For more details, see: https://www.nkj.ru/archive/articles/3254/ (Science and life, SIMULTANEOUS GAME SESSION)
ha ha
Lmao
Says on Wikipedia he was a middle ranking player, but he played Bobby Fisher three times and got a draw once. I imagine the Russian school boys were either cheating or very talented child geniuses
The devastating simul was mentioned in a newspaper article on Robbert Wade in the dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad (Dec 6, 1985, page 17). Wade is quoted stating:
"It has never haunted me in my career. After all, it was just a simultaneous one. Later it turned out that the strongest chess players were positioned against me. Many of them later became good chess players. I take it as a compliment to me. However, it never became known that I returned to Moscow five years later. Then I had much more success."
This can be retrieved from delpher.nl
It does seem to be a fact, rather than a legend.
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The devastating simul was mentioned in a newspaper article on Robbert Wade in the dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad (Dec 6, 1985, page 17). Wade is quoted stating:
"It has never haunted me in my career. After all, it was just a simultaneous one. Later it turned out that the strongest chess players were positioned against me. Many of them later became good chess players. I take it as a compliment to me. However, it never became known that I returned to Moscow five years later. Then I had much more success."
This can be retrieved from delpher.nl
It does seem to be a fact, rather than a legend.
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His name is Wade, ...
Robert Wade ...
Damn IM Robert Wade!
The legend says, as recorded on wikipedia, that one day in 1951 he decided to display his superior IM chess talent among some Russian kids aged 14 and under.
That decision earned him the worst ever barely legal azzkicking after which he should have probably started considering changing his name, growing beard and moving to Fiji for the rest of his life.
Check this out :-):
"The worst result in a simultaneous exhibition given by a master occurred in 1951, when International Master Robert Wade gave a simultaneous exhibition against 30 Russian schoolboys, aged 14 and under. After 7 hours of play, Wade had lost 20 games and drawn the remaining 10 (16.7%)."
I am trying to imagine what the organizers were thinking
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