Amazing!

[Harvey Williamson]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmXwdoRG43U[/youtube]

[pr1uk]

Well thank you for sharing and that was fantastic to watch and behold


Peter

[Fernando]

Well thank you for sharing and that was fantastic to watch and behold


Peter

that is as nothing. I Can give a simul to 100 boards, blind, getting perfect score: 0

[Harvey Williamson]

Well thank you for sharing and that was fantastic to watch and behold


Peter

that is as nothing. I Can give a simul to 100 boards, blind, getting perfect score: 0

Me too........................................................................

[Fernando]

Well thank you for sharing and that was fantastic to watch and behold


Peter

that is as nothing. I Can give a simul to 100 boards, blind, getting perfect score: 0

Me too........................................................................

That is for all to see.
I could bet you can get a draw.

Fern

[Harvey Williamson]

Well thank you for sharing and that was fantastic to watch and behold


Peter

that is as nothing. I Can give a simul to 100 boards, blind, getting perfect score: 0

Me too........................................................................

That is for all to see.
I could bet you can get a draw.

Fern

I guess if you concentrate on 1 game only v the weakest player it is possible.

[Fernando]

Well thank you for sharing and that was fantastic to watch and behold


Peter

that is as nothing. I Can give a simul to 100 boards, blind, getting perfect score: 0

OK I will play you.

[Monsieur Plastique]

that is as nothing.

Yes, I agree. So what? Nearly 35 years ago you could buy a Scisys Mark V that could play 12 games simultaneously, all without any eyeballs whatsoever on the chessboards. Much cheaper to run as well.

In all seriousness though, this is obviously an amazing feat of the mind in terms of concentration, visualisation, complex calculation and memory. Simply amazing, no question. Though playing devil's advocate, his playing strength here does seem to be about 1300 points below his normal strength, which sort of puts a bit of perspective back into it. That would be the equivalent of me playing blindfold chess against someone who had just learned the legal moves.

I thought it was rather amusing when Carlson said he hadn't done it before. Of course everyone thought that was incredibly funny and laughed, just as I did. But apparently he did not see the joke. There is definitely something that has to be inherently enigmatic about someone's brain for them to play chess like this in these circumstances, let alone at a near 2900 level in the classical environment.

[Fernando]

that is as nothing.

Yes, I agree. So what? Nearly 35 years ago you could buy a Scisys Mark V that could play 12 games simultaneously, all without any eyeballs whatsoever on the chessboards. Much cheaper to run as well.

In all seriousness though, this is obviously an amazing feat of the mind in terms of concentration, visualisation, complex calculation and memory. Simply amazing, no question. Though playing devil's advocate, his playing strength here does seem to be about 1300 points below his normal strength, which sort of puts a bit of perspective back into it. That would be the equivalent of me playing blindfold chess against someone who had just learned the legal moves.

I thought it was rather amusing when Carlson said he hadn't done it before. Of course everyone thought that was incredibly funny and laughed, just as I did. But apparently he did not see the joke. There is definitely something that has to be inherently enigmatic about someone's brain for them to play chess like this in these circumstances, let alone at a near 2900 level in the classical environment.

Mind or some minds are capable of incredible feats.
just think of myself writting here as at the same time I play chess and lose, drink a beer, sign a check for my wife, attend the phone, keep a cat in one leg and all that simul...

Fern