Timur Gareyev at the Wellington Chess Club

We were very privileged to be able to host a blindfold simultaneous exhibition at the Wellington Chess Club last Thursday given by the world record holder GM Timur Gareyev who currently resides in the USA.
If you don't already know, He played 12 games, of which he won 8, drew 3 (Russell Dive, Anthony Ker and Michael Sole) and lost 1.
Unlike other visiting grandmasters doing simuls, Timur takes the black pieces on alternate boards. Nigel Short, for example, took white on every board when he visited.

The game he lost was to Wellington College school student Ryan Winter. This was going pretty well for Timur until some time after 1 am (!) when he made a blunder.
Anthony and Russell were playing with blank boards without any pieces, but they were allowed score sheets so they could see what moves had been played. Russell ended up with a won position, but with only seconds on his clock (no increment for the challengers) they agreed a gentlemanly draw.
Michael Sole refused a draw offer early on, after which Timur sacrificed a bishop for some pawns. The game was fairly even when Michael made a draw offer back, which was accepted.

Here are pictures and games: