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    • The 100th day of the 1000 Bright Minds Chess Simul

        I am Attila Turzo, an International Chess Master, and I organize and run the event called the 1000 Bright Minds Chess Simul, in which I play with 1000 players simultaneously on 1000 boards. Thank you very much to the staff and owners of ... | Read More

    • 20 Victories and 1 defeat in the last 2 days of the 1000 Bright Minds Chess Simul

      At day 75 of the 1000 Bright Minds Chess Simul on 24th of March I won 8 games without losing one. At day 76 on the 25th of March I won 12 games and lost 1 game. That was a pretty checkmate, you can look it at http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html... | Read More

    • I won 6 and lost 1 games on day 74 of the 1000 Bright Minds Chess Simul

      Yesterday at 23rd of March in 2012, on day 74 of the 1000 Bright Minds Chess Simul, I won 6 games and lost 1. In the game which I lost, my opponent played very good attacking chess in the Grand Prix attack of the silician defense. You can check th... | Read More

    • 286 victories, 23 defeats and 2 draws with the Bright Minds

       Dear Friends, I started to make statistics about the 1000 Bright Minds Chess Simul.  Today is 23rd of March in 2012. It is the 73rd day of the 1000 Bright Minds Chess Simul. I plan to make daily updates from today in every morning. 1000 play... | Read More

    • Results for the 1000 Bright Minds will come soon

      Hello   The 1000 Bright Minds Chess Simul started at 11th January 2012, nearly 2 months ago. I started to play with 1000 player from all over the world. We started to play on 1000 boards. Each player has its own board and I play with them simult... | Read More

    • Ticket for the 1000 Bright Minds Chess Simul

      Dear Players, If you want to be one of the Bright Minds, then you can join to the 1000 Bright Minds Chess Simul. You can play with International Master Attila Turzo. The time control is 3 days/move and you can choose the colour you want to play ... | Read More

    • Poisoned Pawn

      Dear Friends, We just finished our first lesson with a new student. I enjoyed it very much. I like to help people to start new things, to set up new goals and achieve new dreams. I hope he will also reach his chess and personal goals  Then I st... | Read More

    • Harakiri in the 1000 Bright Minds Chess Simul

      Dear Friends, Yesterday finished the 1st game in the 1000 Bright Minds Chess Simul. My opponent was Jordaka from Japan. In the 3rd move he moved his king pawn to an undefended square and I captured it. Then he played his 4th move which offered a ... | Read More

    • Counter-attack or defend?

      Hello Friends, Today I played 777 moves in 90 minutes in the 1000 Bright Minds Chess Simul. It was interesting for me today, because I played faster the 2nd moves in the games, than the 1st moves, because in the starting position I had more possi... | Read More

    • The 1000 Bright Minds Chess Simul started

      Dear Players, The 1000 Bright Minds Chess Simul started today at 11am Budapest time, 5am New York time. I played my 1000 first moves in about 2.5 hours. I play with the black pieces in every games. Most of my opponent started with the king pawn o... | Read More