This post will be updated during the course of the tournament with results and links to PGN files. The direct link is http://www.gingergm.com/2011/06/20/2nd-big-slick-international-im-norm-group/.

For everything related to the 2nd Big Slick International use http://www.gingergm.com/bigslick.

[Download all games from the IM Norm Section]

Here are some photos courtesy of Ray Morris-Hill.

Reports from Ginger GM contributor ‘View from the Sofa Man’:
The 2nd Big Slick International
Big Slick Round 1 Game of the Day
Big Slick Round 2
Big Slick Rounds 3 & 4: The Day the Rain Came
Big Slick Round 5

Organiser: Lawrence Cooper
Chief Arbiter: David Sedgwick

Norm requirements:

IM norm: 7/9
WGM norm: 6½/9
WIM norm: 5/9 for Hegarty and Yurenok, 4½/9 for Blackburn

Notes:

Round 1: Makepeace v Sreeves starts at 13:00
Round 8: Blackburn v Makepeace starts at 13:00

Round 1, Saturday 25 June 2011 12:30:os

Sarah Hegarty v Jovica Radovanovic 0.5 – 0.5
Nicolas Croad v Robert Eames 1 – 0
Danny Gormally v Maria Yurenok 1 – 0
Suzie Blackburn v Bogdan Lalic 0 – 1
Philip Makepeace v Clement Sreeves 0.5 – 0.5

[Download PGN]

Round 2, Sunday 26 June 2011 12:30:

Jovica Radovanovic v Clement Sreeves 0 – 1
Bogdan Lalic v Philip Makepeace 1 – 0
Maria Yurenok v Suzie Blackburn 1 – 0
Robert Eames v Danny Gormally 0 – 1
Sarah Hegarty v Nicolas Croad 0 – 1

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Scores:
2 Croad, Gormally, Lalic
1.5 Sreeves
1 Yurenok
0.5 Hegarty, Makepeace, Radovanovic,
0 Blackburn, Eames

Round 3, Monday 27 June 2011 12:30:

Nicolas Croad v Jovica Radovanovic 0.5 – 0.5
Danny Gormally v Sarah Hegarty 1 – 0
Suzie Blackburn v Robert Eames 0 – 1
Philip Makepeace v Maria Yurenok 1 – 0
Clement Sreeves v Bogdan Lalic 0.5 – 0.5

[Download PGN]

Scores:
3 Gormally
2.5 Croad, Lalic
2 Sreeves
1.5 Makepeace
1 Eames, Radovanovic, Yurenok
0.5 Hegarty
0 Blackburn

Round 4, Tuesday 28 June 2011 12:30:

Jovica Radovanovic v Bogdan Lalic 0.5 – 0.5
Maria Yurenok v Clement Sreeves 0 – 1
Robert Eames v Philip Makepeace 0 – 1
Sarah Hegarty v Suzie Blackburn 0 – 1
Nicolas Croad v Danny Gormally 0.5 – 0.5

[Download PGN]

Scores:
3.5 Gormally
3 Croad, Lalic, Sreeves
2.5 Makepeace
1.5 Radovanovic
1 Blackburn, Eames, Yurenok
0.5 Hegarty

Round 5, Wednesday 29 June 2011 12:30:

Danny Gormally v Jovica Radovanovic 1 – 0
Suzie Blackburn v Nicolas Croad 0 – 1
Philip Makepeace v Sarah Hegarty 1 – 0
Clement Sreeves v Robert Eames 0 – 1
Bogdan Lalic v Maria Yurenok 1 – 0

[Download PGN]

Scores:
4.5 Gormally
4 Croad, Lalic
3.5 Makepeace
3 Sreeves
2 Eames
1.5 Radovanovic
1 Blackburn, Yurenok
0.5 Hegarty

Round 6, Thursday 30 June 2011 12:30:

Jovica Radovanovic v Maria Yurenok 1 – 0
Robert Eames v Bogdan Lalic 0.5 – 0.5
Sarah Hegarty v Clement Sreeves 0.5 – 0.5
Nicolas Croad v Philip Makepeace 1 – 0
Danny Gormally v Suzie Blackburn 1 – 0

[Download PGN]

Scores:
5.5 Gormally
5 Croad
4.5 Lalic
3.5 Makepeace, Sreeves
2.5 Eames, Radovanovic
1 Blackburn, Yurenok, Hegarty

Round 7, Friday 1 July 2011 12:30:

Suzie Blackburn v Jovica Radovanovic 0 – 1
Philip Makepeace v Danny Gormally 0.5 – 0.5
Clement Sreeves v Nicolas Croad 0 – 1
Bogdan Lalic v Sarah Hegarty 1 – 0
Maria Yurenok v Robert Eames 0.5 – 0.5

[Download PGN]

Scores:
6 Croad, Gormally
5.5 Lalic
4 Makepeace
3.5 Radovanovic, Sreeves
3 Eames
1.5 Yurenok
1 Blackburn, Hegarty

Round 8, Saturday 2 July 2011 12:30:

Jovica Radovanovic v Robert Eames 1 – 0
Sarah Hegarty v Maria Yurenok 0.5 – 0.5
Nicolas Croad v Bogdan Lalic 0.5 – 0.5
Danny Gormally v Clement Sreeves 1 – 0
Suzie Blackburn v Philip Makepeace 1 – 0

[Download PGN]

Scores:
7 Gormally
6.5 Croad
6 Lalic
4.5 Radovanovic
4 Makepeace
3.5 Sreeves
3 Eames
2 Blackburn & Yurenok
1.5 Hegarty

Round 9, Sunday 3 July 2011 12:30:

Philip Makepeace v Jovica Radovanovic 0 – 1
Clement Sreeves v Suzie Blackburn 0.5 – 0.5
Bogdan Lalic v Danny Gormally 0.5 – 0.5
Maria Yurenok v Nicolas Croad 0.5 – 0.5
Robert Eames v Sarah Hegarty 0.5 – 0.5

[Download PGN]

Scores:
7.5 Gormally
7 Croad
6.5 Lalic
5.5 Radovanovic
4 Makepeace, Sreeves
3.5 Eames
2.5 Blackburn, Yurenok
2 Hegarty

This post will be updated during the course of the tournament with results and links to PGN files. The direct link is http://www.gingergm.com/2011/06/20/2nd-big-slick-international-gm-norm-group/.

For everything related to the 2nd Big Slick International use http://www.gingergm.com/bigslick.

[Download all games from the GM Norm Section]

Here are some photos courtesy of Ray Morris-Hill.

Reports from Ginger GM contributor ‘View from the Sofa Man’:
The 2nd Big Slick International
Big Slick Round 1 Game of the Day
Big Slick Round 2
Big Slick Rounds 3 & 4: The Day the Rain Came
Big Slick Round 5

Organiser: Lawrence Cooper
Chief Arbiter: David Sedgwick

Notes:

Round 8: Houska v Arkell is being played in advance

Norm requirements:

GM norm: 7/9
IM norm: 5/9

Round 1, Saturday 25 June 2011 12:30:

Khosla Shiven v Dave Ledger 1 – 0
Jovanka Houska v David Eggleston 0.5 – 0.5
Suri Vaibhav v Alexei Slavin 1 – 0
Simon Williams v Keith Arkell 1 – 0
Luis Galego v Simon Ansell 0.5 – 0.5

[Download PGN]

Round 2, Sunday 26 June 2011 12:30:

Dave Ledger v Simon Ansell 0.5 – 0.5
Keith Arkell v Luis Galego 0.5 – 0.5
Alexei Slavin v Simon Williams 0.5 – 0.5
David Eggleston v Suri Vaibhav 0 – 1
Khosla Shiven v Jovanka Houska 0.5 – 0.5

[Download PGN] (updated 28/06/11 including correction to Shiven – Houska)

Scores:
2 Vaibhav
1.5 Shiven, Williams
1 Ansell, Galego, Houska
0.5 Arkell, Eggleston, Ledger, Slavin

Round 3, Monday 27 June 2011 12:30:

Jovanka Houska v Dave Ledger 1 – 0
Suri Vaibhav v Khosla Shiven 0.5 – 0.5
Simon Williams v David Eggleston 0.5 – 0.5
Luis Galego v Alexei Slavin 1 – 0
Simon Ansell v Keith Arkell 0 – 1

[Download PGN]

Scores:
2.5 Vaibhav
2 Galego, Houska, Shiven, Williams
1.5 Arkell
1 Ansell, Eggleston
0.5 Ledger, Slavin

Round 4, Tuesday 28 June 2011 12:30:

Dave Ledger v Keith Arkell 0.5 – 0.5
Alexei Slavin v Simon Ansell 0.5 – 0.5
David Eggleston v Luis Galego 1 – 0
Khosla Shiven v Simon Williams 0.5 – 0.5
Jovanka Houska v Suri Vaibhav 0.5 – 0.5

[Download PGN]

Scores:
3 Vaibhav
2.5 Houska, Shiven, Williams
2 Arkell, Eggleston, Galego
1.5 Ansell
1 Ledger, Slavin

Round 5, Wednesday 29 June 2011 12:30:

Suri Vaibhav v Dave Ledger 1 – 0
Simon Williams v Jovanka Houska 1 – 0
Luis Galego v Khosla Shiven 1 – 0
Simon Ansell v David Eggleston 0.5 – 0.5
Keith Arkell v Alexei Slavin 1 – 0

[Download PGN]

Scores:
4 Vaibhav
3.5 Williams
3 Arkell , Galego
2.5 Houska, Shiven, Eggleston
2 Ansell
1/5 Ledger, Slavin

Round 6, Thursday 30 June 2011 12:30:

Dave Ledger v Alexei Slavin 1 – 0
David Eggleston v Keith Arkell 0 – 1
Khosla Shiven v Simon Ansell 1 – 0
Jovanka Houska v Luis Galego 0 – 1
Suri Vaibhav v Simon Williams 0 – 1

[Download PGN] (updated 02/07/2011)

Scores:
4.5 Williams
4 Vaibhav, Arkell , Galego
3.5 Shiven
2.5 Houska, Eggleston
2 Ansell, Ledger
1 Slavin

Round 7, Friday 1 July 2011 12:30:

Simon Williams v Dave Ledger 1- 0
Luis Galego v Suri Vaibhav 0.5 – 0.5
Simon Ansell v Jovanka Houska 0 – 1
Keith Arkell v Khosla Shiven 0 – 1
Alexei Slavin v David Eggleston 0.5 – 0.5

[Download PGN] (updated 02/07/2011)

Scores:
5.5 Williams
4.5 Galego, Shiven, Vaibhav
4 Arkell
3.5 Houska
3 Eggleston
2 Ansell, Ledger
1 Slavin

Round 8, Saturday 2 July 2011 12:30:

Dave Ledger v David Eggleston 0 – 1
Khosla Shiven v Alexei Slavin 1 – 0
Jovanka Houska v Keith Arkell 0.5 – 0.5
Suri Vaibhav v Simon Ansell 0.5 – 0.5
Simon Williams v Luis Galego 0.5 – 0.5

[Download PGN]

Scores:

6 Williams
5.5 Khosla
5 Galego & Vaibhav
4.5 Arkell
4 Houska
4 Eggleston
2.5 Ansell
2 Ledger
1.5 Slavin

Round 9, Sunday 3 July 2011 12:30:

Luis Galego v Dave Ledger 1 – 0
Simon Ansell v Simon Williams 0.5 – 0.5
Keith Arkell v Suri Vaibhav 0.5 – 0.5
Alexei Slavin v Jovanka Houska 0 – 1
David Eggleston v Khosla Shiven 0.5 -0.5

[Download PGN]

Scores:
6.5 Williams
6 Galego & Khosla
5.5 Vaibhav
5 Arkell & Houska
4.5 Eggleston
3 Ansell
2 Ledger
1.5 Slavin

Check http://www.gingergm.com/bigslick/ for the latest news.

GM Simon Williams (England) 2520
GM Luis Galego (Portugal) 2501
GM Bogdan Lalic (Croatia) 2469
GM Keith Arkell (England) 2419
IM Suri Vaibhav (India) 2430
IM Jovanka Houska (England) 2429
IM Simon Ansell (England) 2427
IM Alexei Slavin (Russia) 2411
Shiven Khosla (India) 2391
FM David Eggleston (England) 2319
FM David Ledger (England) 2245
WFM Sarah Hegarty (England) 2108
WFM Maria Yurenok (England) 2100
WFM Suzy Blackburn (Wales) 1944
Jasper Tambini (England) 1924

Update 17/05/2011:
FM Nicolas Croad (New Zealand) 2276
Mark Ozanne (Guernsey) 2020

Update 20/05/2001:
FM Bob Eames (England) 2259

Update 03/06/2011:
Phil Makepeace (England) 2095

Update 08/06/2011:
GM Danny Gormally (England) 2502
FM Jovica Radovanovic (Serbia) 2323
Clement Sreeves (Scotland) 2173
John Sargent (Hong Kong) 1789

I am pleased to announce the 2^nd Big Slick International will take place from the 25^th June to the 3^rd July at the following address:

BIG SLICK, UNIT 10 ROYAL OAK CENTRE, BRIGHTON ROAD, PURLEY, SURREY CR8 2BG

Unlike the 1^st event held in June 2009 when there was one all-play-all and a weekend tournament, this year there will be four ten player nine round all-play-alls with at least one section where it is possible to get GM norms and at least one additional section where IM norms will be possible. It will, of course, also be possible to get WGM and WIM norms in those sections. In addition, there will be a blitz tournament after the final round of the all-play-alls on the 3^rd July.

The entry fees for the events are as follows:

GM norm event: £200 for titled players (IM/WGM/WIM/FM/WFM); £300 for non-titled.

IM norm events: £100 for titled players (WGM/WIM/FM/WFM); £150 for non-titled.

Rated events: £50 for rated players; £100 for unrated.

The Chief Arbiter will be International Arbiter David Sedgwick. Simon Williams and I will co-organise the event.

The time limit will be 40 moves in 2 hours followed by a further 30 minutes for all remaining moves. All rounds will start at 12.00 and finish by 17:00. Players arriving one hour or more after the start of a round shall lose, unless the arbiter decides otherwise.

I would like to thank The Friends of Chess and the John Robinson Trust for their kind offers of financial support for the event.

I encourage Grandmasters who are interested in playing to contact me regarding conditions at lozcooper@hotmail.com

The winner(s) of the rated section(s) will receive free entry to the 2012 Big Slick IM norm section and the winner(s) of the IM norm section(s) will free receive entry to the 2012 GM norm event.

Lawrence Cooper

Big Slick Co-organiser

29^th March 2011

The kind of meeting that takes place over a couple of pints of Ale in a friendly environment. An environment where the ideas flow and the crazy becomes possible.

This is the kind of environment that lead me to building this website, making a DVD and running the 1st Big Slick International.

And guess what, another idea has been born…

I love chess and I want to play chess in a friendly environment where I can enjoy a drink but still hope to improve my game – where do I go?

Maybe a weekend tournament, somewhere.

The only problem with that is that I have to give up my weekend and I also might have to travel miles away.

Bring on the 2nd Big Slick International!!!!!!!!

Ok this is the idea…. Of course it is only an idea at the moment and some changes will have to be made but what do people think of the concept below? Please leave comments.

1) A 1 day event.

2) 5 minute or 15 minute games being the menu of the day.  

3) You can play for an hour or the whole day.

4) You are guaranteed to play a Grandmaster.

5) Minimum entry £5 – Maximum entry, at you and the GM’s discretion.

6) You turn up and play the ‘nominated GM’ in a 5 min game. The clock times/money odds are decided on grade. So even a 1600 has a chance against a 2600, for example,

Time Odds

1000-1800: 1.30-5

1800-2000: 2.30-5

2000-2150: 3.00-5

2150-2300: 3.30-5

2300+: 5-5 or to be decided between the individuals…

Money Odds

1000-1800: 8-1

1800-2000: 5-1

2000-2150: 3-1

2150-2300: 2-1

2300+: evens or to be decided between the individuals…

7) You can pick your stake against the GM. While you wait you can play blitz against anyone else.

£500 added prize fund

9) The GM is the ‘Bounty Prize’; whoever beats the GM gets the ‘snowball prize. This starts at £50 for the first game and builds up £2.50-5 per 5 min game the GM plays. Who ever beats the GM gets the pot!!!!

For example, if you get a game at 2pm and the ‘snowball pot’ is £300 pounds. lets say your rating is 1798, the GM is tired you play for £5 and win at money odds, you win £340 in under 10 minutes!!!

10) You do not have to play for money, just turn up and enjoy some blitz chess!

11) Lunchtime Lecture by a Grandmaster 1 – 1-30 free!!!!

12) There are also prizes going on with any friendly games/side games!!! For example,

a) The person who scores the most points in friendly games over the day gets £50/100. Each friendly game must be noted by ‘x’. You can not play the same player for more than 4 games to be counted and you can only register a game every 15 minutes.

b) Mini tournament!! To be decided on the day. Lets say 5 players want to play a 30minute tournament / 5 round tournament, ok!! lets go! We will make sure an organiser keeps an eye on events.

13) This tournament is meant to be a good fun tournament, where people are allowed to talk (within reason and not to any players during there games!!) there also might be some background music!! Lets have some fun and play some chess!!!!!!!!!!

Ok just an idea for now so changes will probably be made but;

What does everyone think????????????????????????????????

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

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

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.