On Oct 29, 10:01 am, Offramp wrote:

The method used is the same as that used in the old fable about a man
drawing at correspondence chess playing Alekhine/Lasker and Capablanca.

I knew that as soon as I saw that (a) Brown's opponents were arrayed
in a circle, with Brown walking around the _outside_, instead of
being inside as is normal in a simul, (b) Brown played Black in some
games, White in others, instead of White only as is normal in a simul,
and (c) he first went around the circle without replying to the white
moves, instead of replying immediately as is normal in a simul. To
someone familiar with chess literature, this was as clear a giveaway
as seeing the trap door through which the disappearing lady
disappears.
If, however, as Brown seemed to insist, no other trickery was
involved, he beat Chan on his own. One would not necessarily have to
be a very strong player to hold a post such as club president. I've
belonged to clubs where the president was well below average in
playing skill, but he held the post because he did the administrative
work well, or because he supplied the club's quarters, or various
other reasons unrelated to OTB skill.