Starting a simul

ICC has SimulBot to start simuls.

Simultaneous matches (where one player plays multiple games at once) can be played on the ICC. There are several ways to start a simul described below.

To start a simul with Simulbot, contact one of the SimulBot managers. Type or click: tell SimulBot managers for the list.

You can, however, start a simul without SimulBot:

Use the Seek command to start your simul. e.g. seek 30 30 u white m f 1-2000
Ask for challenges from all those who you want to play against (Channel 3 is the simul channel).
For each challenge you receive, add the player to your simul list. e.g.+simul LateKnight
Begin the simul with the players on your list with startsimul

The simul giver can move to a specific game with the goto command, as in goto 3 or goto frobozz. Using goto with no parameter goes to another game in which it's your move (if there is one). Dasher will normally take you to the game where you have the least time remaining, among all the games where you're on move, automatically.

If you are giving a simul, and get disconnected, you can resume the simul.

Log back in.
Request challenges from all the players that still had games in progress.
Add the players to your simul list again.
Type startsimul

It's no different than the procedure for starting a new simul, except the adjourned games will be used, rather than starting new games.

The simul giver can add new games to a simul that has already begun: Players can use the match or resume commands to offer the game, and the simul giver can add the game with the accept command. The simul giver does not need to add the person to the simul list if the simul has already started.

See also:
Simultaneous Exhibitions
SimulBot -- command line help
simuls -- command line help
simulize -- command line help