simul

simul
 n.— «At each event in her new Summer Chess Lecture/Simul Series there, a grandmaster will give a talk about chess and then take part in what is called a simul: boards will be set up for participants, and the grandmaster (Susan Polgar on Sunday) will move from board to board, playing one move at a time.» —“Spare Times: For Children” by Laurel Graeber New York Times July 20, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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