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Simul Chess Games
When one player plays multiple chess games at the same time against other players, the chess game is often referred to as a 'simul'. As these events are often conducted for public viewing they are called a simultaneous exhibition and invariably the central player is normally of master or grand master level (the Player).
The environment for play will normally be set up to enable the Player to be able to easily walk between each contestants chess board to allow a single move to be conducted at each pass. In this way the Player will be playing all games in a simultaneous fashion hence the name 'simul' or simultaneous exhibition is used for this type of play.
Play can be conducted in any environment, such as a hall, village square or even on a cricket green.
The order of play is conducted simultaneously so that each game being played progesses evenly until a conclusion for each game is reached. When a game ends, a new one is not restarted so enabling a natural conclusion to the simul to be achieved when all of the games are completed.
There are several variations on how a simul or simultaneous exhibition can be conducted but invariably the rules are such as for regular chess tournament however sometimes the use of clocks on each move may be lifted.