Simul
2023 Annual Simul with IM Gary Lane
Please note you must be a current financial member of the Chess Club and the West HQ to play in the Simul.
For financial juniors, a parent must also be a member of West HQ.
Please check your email for the entry link.
Rules for the Simul: 30 players only.
Starts at 7:00 pm sharp 6th of June
1. No chess clocks are used.
2. Gary will be white on all boards.
3. Gary walks from board to board.
4. Each player is expected to make a move when Gary arrives at the board.
5. When Gary arrives at your Board, you are allowed to say pass and not make a move on ONE occasions ONLY.
6. Gary has the right to change his move up until the moment he makes his move on the next board.
7. Once down to the last 3 players, his opponents will have 5 minutes on a clock to finish their games.
8. Any players who defeat Gary in the simul will receive a book/DVD price of their choice that is available at the night
2020 Annual Simul with IM Gary Lane – Monday 10 February
Many thanks to Gary for making this possible and congratulations to Alaina and Peter for winning and receiving a signed book prize.
No Name Result Name 1 Gary W Lane 1:0 Arjun Anand 2 Gary W Lane 1:0 Vihaan Anup Kumar 3 Gary W Lane 1:0 Elmaz Iljazi 4 Gary W Lane 1:0 Bill Herreros 5 Gary W Lane 1:0 Edward Hu 6 Gary W Lane 1:0 Zeid Komer 7 Gary W Lane 1:0 Jingni Liao 8 Gary W Lane 1:0 Cameron McGowan 9 Gary W Lane 1:0 Edward P Ombina 10 Gary W Lane 1:0 Renee Yang Pan 11 Gary W Lane 1:0 Albert Parengkuan 12 Gary W Lane 1:0 John Yao 13 Gary W Lane 1:0 Anup Kumar Siva Sankaran 14 Gary W Lane 1:0 Johnny Miranda Teves 15 Gary W Lane 0:1 Peter Tomlinson 16 Gary W Lane 0:1 Alaina Vincent 17 Gary W Lane 1:0 Alvin Vincent 18 Gary W Lane 1:0 Eddie Quesada 19 Gary W Lane 1:0 Jonathan Yap
Simul by IM Gary Lane (30 boards) – Monday 11 February
No Name Result Name
1 Gary W Lane .5:.5 Cameron McGowan
2 Gary W Lane 0:1 Anup Kumar Siva Sankaran
3 Gary W Lane 1:0 Steven Stipic
4 Gary W Lane 1:0 Andrew Roseby
5 Gary W Lane 1:0 Elmaz Iljazi
6 Gary W Lane 1:0 John Yao
7 Gary W Lane 1:0 Winston Zhao Chen
8 Gary W Lane 1:0 Baby Joseph
9 Gary W Lane 1:0 Alaina Vincent
10 Gary W Lane 1:0 Jonathan Adams
11 Gary W Lane 1:0 Bill Herreros
12 Gary W Lane 1:0 Lou Damaschino
13 Gary W Lane 1:0 Alwin Joseph
14 Gary W Lane 1:0 Yifu Wu
15 Gary W Lane 1:0 Jeffrey Chandy
16 Gary W Lane 1:0 Eddie Quesada
17 Gary W Lane 1:0 Soliman Soliman
18 Gary W Lane 1:0 Matthew Rostami
19 Gary W Lane 1:0 Shaheel Faizal
20 Gary W Lane 1:0 Simon Kellett
21 Gary W Lane 1:0 Vihaan Anup Kumar
22 Gary W Lane .5:.5 Reynante Calixto
23 Gary W Lane 1:0 Albert Joseph
24 Gary W Lane 1:0 Jonathan Yap
25 Gary W Lane 1:0 Victor Flindall
26 Gary W Lane 1:0 Terry Gao
27 Gary W Lane 1:0 Peter Tomlinson
28 Gary W Lane 1:0 Magesh Ravichandran
29 Gary W Lane 0:1 Erwin Plaza
30 Gary W Lane 1:0 Lucas Tabone
Simul by IM Gary Lane (32 boards) – Monday 5 February
No Name Result Name
1 Gary Lane 0:1 Jesson Montenegro
2 Gary Lane .5:.5 Cameron Mcgowan
3 Gary Lane 1:0 Yama Mahmoodi
4 Gary Lane 1:0 Anup Kumar Siva Sankaran
5 Gary Lane 1:0 Shane E Dibley
6 Gary Lane 1:0 Jayath Kulathunga
7 Gary Lane .5:.5 Ryan Lane
8 Gary Lane .5:.5 Phillip Eltakchi
9 Gary Lane 1:0 Elmaz Iljazi
10 Gary Lane 1:0 Steven Stipic
11 Gary Lane 1:0 Bill Herreros
12 Gary Lane 1:0 Ken Macgillivray
13 Gary Lane .5:.5 Jonathan Adams
14 Gary Lane 1:0 Winston Zhao Chen
15 Gary Lane 1:0 Eddie Quesada
16 Gary Lane .5:.5 Yifu Wu
17 Gary Lane .5:.5 Alwin Joseph
18 Gary Lane 1:0 Alfredo Velis
19 Gary Lane 1:0 Albert Joseph
20 Gary Lane 1:0 Andrew Roseby
21 Gary Lane 1:0 Aiden Wen
22 Gary Lane 1:0 Jamie Richmond
23 Gary Lane 1:0 Victor Flindall
24 Gary Lane 1:0 Vihaan Anup Kumar
25 Gary Lane 1:0 Shanay Panicker
26 Gary Lane 0:1 Samir Bajrami
27 Gary Lane 1:0 Jose Cyriac
28 Gary Lane 1:0 Muhamed Buza
29 Gary Lane 1:0 Jamie Marshall
30 Gary Lane 1:0 Lucas Tabone
31 Gary Lane 1:0 Peter Tomlinson
32 Gary Lane 1:0 Allan Goldsmith
On Monday 6 February IM Gary Lane (FIDE r2394 and ACF 2453) played the annual Simul against 25 opponents.
Gary won 20, drew 2 and lost 3 resulting in a total score of 21 out of 25.
Congratulations to the three winners Jesson, Cameron and Romeo, who all won a book prize provided by Australian Chess Enterprises. Kazam and John both drew their game against Gary.
No Name ACF Score 1. Jonathan Adams 1544 0 2. Kazem Ata 1519 0.5 4. David Beveridge 1369 0 5. Glynn Curran 1715 0 6. Shane E Dibley 1599 0 7. Victor Flindall 831 0 8. Allan Goldsmith 1092 0 9. Bill Herreros 1463 0 10. Baby Joseph 1537 0 11. Ryan Lane 1582 0 12. Vincent Lee 259 0 13. Manoji Manoharan unr 0 14. Deves Manoji unr 0 15. Cameron McGowan 1624 1 16. Jesson Montenegro 1873 1 17. Edward P Ombina 1547 0 18. Eddie Quesada 1349 0 19. Romeo Regidor unr 1 20. Steven Stipic 1630 0 21. Orion Thompson unr 0 22. Alfredo Velis 1184 0 23. Adam Wilkes 1570 0 24. Yifu Wu 1298 0 25. John Yao 1678 0.5