#516 Chitra Goes +12 -3 = 2 In Simul

Chitra Sridhar scored 12 victories, 2 draws & suffered 3 defeats in less than 3 hours against 16 simultaneous opponents (1 board was re-filled) in Scotch Plains, yesterday. She played 1.e4 in every game.

Here's the critical moment & opening moves from her loss to Bert Shiffman :

Sridhar - Shiffman

After 12...Ng4+

[Event "Chitra Simul"]

[Site "Scotch Plains, N.J., USA"]

[Date "2009.06.28"]

[Round ""]

[White "Sridhar, Chitra"]

[Black "Shiffman, Bert"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "C78"]

[WhiteElo "1880"]

[BlackElo "1316"]

[Annotator "Moldovan,John"]

[PlyCount "26"]

[EventDate "2009.06.27"]

[EventType "simul"]

[EventCountry "USA"]

[SourceDate "2009.06.28"]

[Source "the Chess Coroner #516"]

{C78 Ruy Lopez, Moeller Defense} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.

O-O Bc5 6. d3 O-O $2 (6... b5 {Archangelsk Variation} 7. Bb3 Bb7 $11 ({or} 7...

d6 $11)) ({or} 6... d6) 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Be6 9. Bg5 $2 (9. Nd2 $14) 9...

Bd4 10. c3 Bxe5 11. d4 Bxh2+ 12. Kxh2 Ng4+ 13. Kg1 $4 (13. Qxg4

Bxg4 14. Bxd8 Raxd8 $11) 13... Qxg5 $19 {White resigned after another 19 moves.} 0-1

A java-replay will follow later this week.

P.S. - The other players who drew or won are invited to email their scores or leave them as comments.