Answers.Body: <p>I've always heard that person giving a simul should strive for quiet positions, where they can use their superior understanding and not have to calculate much, and his opponents should strive for the opposite: complex, tactical positions. Even GMs can miscalculate while giving a simul, since they have so little time per move, and so many boards to worry about. This makes sense to me, and I think this holds regardless whether strength of participants is known in advance.</p>
  
  <p>Having said that, there are some crazy Morphy and Alekhine tactical wins in simuls, even blindfold simuls.</p>
  
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Body: <p>What openings are usually good for a simul?  I'm assuming that it's an all-comers simul, so there could be strong players mixed in.  Does the answer change if the strength of the opponents is known ahead of time?</p>
  
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Title: What openings should be played in a simul?
ThreadText: # What openings should be played in a simul?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2012-06-12)
  
  What openings are usually good for a simul? I'm assuming that it's an all-comers simul, so there could be strong players mixed in. Does the answer change if the strength of the opponents is known ahead of time?
  
  **Tags:** opening, simultaneous
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2012-06-12. Score: 7 | Accepted answer
  
  I've always heard that person giving a simul should strive for quiet positions, where they can use their superior understanding and not have to calculate much, and his opponents should strive for the opposite: complex, tactical positions. Even GMs can miscalculate while giving a simul, since they have so little time per move, and so many boards to worry about. This makes sense to me, and I think this holds regardless whether strength of participants is known in advance.
  
  Having said that, there are some crazy Morphy and Alekhine tactical wins in simuls, even blindfold simuls.
  
  
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