Simultaneous Exhibitions by Grandmaster Jan Markos on ChessFriends.com

Currently the best player in Slovakia, Grandmaster Jan Markos has accepted the offer of ChessFriends.com. He is going to play regular simultaneous exhibitions on the website. The simuls will take place every Tuesday at 18:00 CET and are open to anybody. Every week, 6 simultaneous games will be played. The Grandmaster plays white, and players will have 30 minutes on hand to play their moves.

Every registered user of ChessFriends.com is eligible for qualification for one of the six tickets to try out his/her skills against the famed Grand Master. Prospective attendees can register at ChessFriends.com in the Tournaments section. After registrations, qualification pre-tournament will be held, from which six best players will arise. They will be the challengers of GM Jan Markos.

The first simul is about to be held on next Tuesday, 13/9/2011. Qualification tournament is taking place on Monday the 12th. After 9 rounds of 5-minute battles, the best players will recieve their tickets. There are still 3 players’ and 3 substitue tickets available.

You can stream the event real-time on your website by simple embedding of one of these codes:

Small brown boards:
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Small blue boards:
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Bigger brown boards:
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Bigger blue boards:
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Example of small brown boards: