1st Big Slick Tournament Games

The games from the 1st Big Slick GM Tournament and the games from the 1st Big Slick FIDE-Rated Open are now available on Britbase, the British Chess Games Archive. Thanks to John Saunders.

GM Section Round 7 Results

Kjartansson 1/2 Ansell
Eames 0-1 Slavin
Arkell 1/2 Gormally
Rudd 0-1 Galego
Poobasalingam 1/2 Cherniaev

GM Section Rounds 5 & 6 Results

Round 5

Galego 1/2 Cherniaev
Poobasalingam 1-0 Ansell
Rudd 1/2 Gormally
Kjartansson 1/2 Slavin
Arkell 1/2 Eames

Round 6

Ansell 1-0 Rudd
Cherniaev 1-0 Eames
Slavin 1/2 Arkell
Gormally 1/2 Kjartansson
Galego 1/2 Poobasalingam

GM Section Round 4 Results

Not too many moves played today!

Cherniaev 1/2 Arkell
Eames 1/2 Kjartansson
Slavin 1-0 Rudd
Gormally 1/2 Poobalasingam
Ansell 1/2 Galego

Alexander Cherniaev, Keith Arkell and Alexei Slavin lead on 3/4.

Rounds 1-4 games are available for download via the crosstable.

1st Big Slick Chess International: Update!

100_0187 The weekend Fide section has finished. It has been a busy weekend and now I and can a deep breath sit back and relax a little bit! I have found a new sense of admiration for chess organisers as it is a rather hectic job! Dealing with a loud outburst from an individual, getting up early to take down poker tables, put chess equipment up, asking the gym next door to turn the music down… Anyway I will give a quick report on how things are going…

 

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GM Section Round 3 Results

Ansell 0-1 Cherniaev
Galego 1/2 Gormally
Poobalasingam 1/2 Slavin
Rudd 1-0 Eames
Kjartansson 0-1 Arkell

Keith Arkell and Alexander Cherniaev lead with 2.5/3.

GM Section Round 2 Results

Cherniaev 1-0 Kjartansson
Arkell 1-0 Rudd
Eames 1/2 Poobalasingam
Slavin 1/2 Galego
Gormally 0-1 Ansell

Jonathan Rowson and Mark Rich finished on 4.5/5 in the Open, Rowson won the blitz play-off.

GM Group Round 1 Results

Round 1 games are available on BritBase (thanks to John Saunders).

Gormally 1/2 Cherniaev
Ansell 0-1 Slavin
Galego 1-0 Eames
Poobalasingam 1/2 Arkell
Rudd 1-0 Kjartansson

Mark Ruston and Paul Dupre lead the Open with 3/3, Jonathan Rowson on 2.5.

1st Big Slick Chess Tournament: Pairings, Round 1 FIDE section.

Peter Ackley the arbiter for the FIDE open made the pairings for round 1 late yesterday. Peter tossed for colours on board 1, heads White for Rowson, tails Black for Rowson. As you can see it came in tails. Anyway here is the draw:

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1st Big Slick Chess International. The Players, The Lowdown, The Odds. GM All-Play-All Section.

With the 1st round of the Big Slick FIDE section coming up this Friday I thought that it would be a good idea to give a quick profile of each player, with some odds on who is going to win the event. Now before I proceed, you have to remember that I am not a bookmaker. The odds are meant to be a bit of fun so please do not take offence! The tournament is wide open and anyone has a chance of winning. Anyway lets have a look!

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