Deardorff allows the simultaneous, then bans basement chess
Mr. Ganz asks to take Beth to play his whole club at once; Deardorff agrees with a chaperone, then calls Beth back to forbid games with the custodian.
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3 moments.
The simultaneous: Beth beats the whole high-school club
Beth walks the boards against a dozen players, then tells Shaibel how badly they played, how she tied up their top boy, and that she has never won anything.
Beth beats Benny and his friends in a speed-chess simultaneous
Benny proposes a simul with speed chess to get an edge; Beth bets ten dollars on every board, wins, and makes them go again and again.