Big slick games

LawrenceCooper · Post by **LawrenceCooper** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 8:38 pm

Round 1 pgns available here: http://bigslickchess.gingergm.com/

Angus French · Post by **Angus French** » Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:33 am

LawrenceCooper (with pgn tags repositioned) wrote:Round 1:
[Event "Big Slick GM"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.06.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Zhou, Yang-Fan"] [Black "Trent, Lawrence"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2469"] [BlackElo "2420"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2013.06.20"] [SourceDate "2013.06.22"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Bc2 d6 12. h3 c5 13. Bg5 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bb7 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Nce2 d5 17. e5 Nc4 18. b3 Nxe5 19. f4 N5c6 20. f5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 f6 22. Be3 Rf7 23. Kh1 Qd6 24. Qg4 g5 25. Ne6 Nc6 26. Bb1 Ne5 27. Qg3 Nc4 28. Qf2 Nxe3 29. Qxe3 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Bf8 31. Rd1 Qb8 32. a4 b4 33. Bd3 Bd6 34. Qb6 d4 35. Qxd4 Be5 36. Qe3 Rd7 37. Nxg5 Kh8 38. Nf3 Bc3 39. Be2 Rg7 40. Qb6 Rg8 41. Qd6 Qa7 42. Bc4 Bxf3 43. Bxg8 Qf2 44. gxf3 Qxf3+ 1/2-1/2your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard

[Event "Big Slick GM"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.06.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Radovanovic, Jovica"] [Black "Franklin, Samuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2360"] [BlackElo "2357"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2013.06.20"] [SourceDate "2013.06.22"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 Bg7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Ne7 14. b5 c6 15. Qb3 d5 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Rfc1 Qa5 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. Rxb4 Rfb8 1/2-1/2your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard

[Event "Big Slick GM"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.06.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Lalic, Bogdan"] [Black "Longson, Alex"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2489"] [BlackElo "2279"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2013.06.20"] [SourceDate "2013.06.22"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb2 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qe7 14. e3 Ne4 15. Nd4 h5 16. Rad1 Bc7 17. Qe2 Qg5 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Qe2 Qg5 20. Qc2 Qe7 1/2-1/2your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard
[Event "Big Slick GM"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.06.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Gormally, Daniel"] [Black "Nemcova, Katerina"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2496"] [BlackElo "2382"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2013.06.20"] [SourceDate "2013.06.22"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Ne5 Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e4 Be7 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bh4 O-O 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bg3 Qa5 18. Ng6 Rfe8 19. c4 Nf6 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. Be5 Rc8 22. Rd3 Ne8 23. b3 b5 24. Rc1 bxc4 25. bxc4 Rb7 26. h3 Qc5 27. Bd4 Qe7 28. c5 Rb4 29. Qd2 Rb7 30. Rg3 Kh7 31. Qd3+ f5 32. Re1 a5 33. Rge3 Rc6 34. Qxf5+ 1-0your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard

[Event "Big Slick IM"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.06.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Meszaros, Gyula"] [Black "Merry, Alan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2255"] [BlackElo "2237"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2013.06.20"] [SourceDate "2013.06.22"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. d4 c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Qd2 Rfc8 12. Rfd1 Rab8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bh3 Rc7 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rxc1+ 19. Bxc1 b5 20. e3 Rb7 21. Rc2 Nxd5 22. Rc8+ Bf8 23. e4 Nb6 24. Rc6 a5 25. Be3 Nd7 26. Ra6 Nc5 27. Ra8 Kg7 28. e5 a4 29. bxa4 bxa4 30. exd6 exd6 31. Bxc5 dxc5 32. Rxa4 Rb2 33. Bf1 c4 34. Rxc4 Rxa2 35. Rc7 Bd6 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Bc4+ Kf6 38. Bxa2 g5 39. Kg2 h6 40. Kf3 Bc5 41. Bb3 1/2-1/2your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard

[Event "Big Slick IM"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.06.22"] [Round "1"] [White "McClement, Andrew"] [Black "Vogel, Jaap"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2169"] [BlackElo "2202"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2013.06.20"] [SourceDate "2013.06.22"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. Ne5 Na6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qa4 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nc5 13. Qc2 dxc4 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Rd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 Rd8 19. Rxc4 a5 20. a3 Na6 1/2-1/2your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard

[Event "Big Slick IM"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.06.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Olsarova, Tereza"] [Black "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2203"] [BlackElo "2404"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2013.06.20"] [SourceDate "2013.06.22"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Qd7 12. Re1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nf1 O-O 15. g4 Bg6 16. Ng3 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bg5 Ne6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Nf5 g6 22. N5d4 Ncxd4 23. Nxd4 Ng5 24. Re3 c5 25. Nb3 Raf8 26. Nxc5 Qd6 27. Nd3 Nf3+ 28. Kf1 Qh2 0-1your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard

[Event "Big Slick IM"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.06.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Bates, Caspar"] [Black "Rudd, Jack"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2205"] [BlackElo "2280"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2013.06.20"] [SourceDate "2013.06.22"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bb3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. g4 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Bg6 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Qf2 Nxb3 15. axb3 c5 16. Nh4 d5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qg2 d4 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Ra2 Qb6 21. Qf2 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. gxf5 Rxf5 24. e4 Rf4 25. Qg2 Raf8 26. Raa1 c4 27. b4 cxd3 28. cxd3 Qd6 29. Nh2 Rxf1+ 30. Nxf1 Qxb4 31. Rxa6 Qe1 32. Ra7 Rf7 33. Rb7 b4 34. Rb5 Nf8 35. Rxe5 Ng6 36. Rf5 Nh4 37. Qf2 Qxf2+ 38. Rxf2 Nf3+ 39. Kh1 Ne5 40. Rxf7 Kxf7 41. Nd2 Nxd3 42. Nf3 Nxb2 43. Nxd4 Nd3 44. Kg2 Nc5 45. Kf3 b3 46. Nb5 b2 47. Nc3 Ke6 48. Kf4 g5+ 49. Ke3 Ke5 50. Nb1 Nxe4 51. Na3 Kf5 52. Nb1 Nd6 53. Kd3 Kf4 54. Kc3 Kg3 55. Kxb2 Kxh3 56. Kc2 g4 57. Nc3 Kg2 58. Kd3 Kf2 59. Ne2 Nf7 60. Nf4 Ng5 61. Nh5 Kf3 62. Kd2 Ne6 63. Ke1 Nd4 64. Kf1 Nf5 65. Kg1 Ng3 66. Nf6 Ne2+ 0-1your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard

[Event "Big Slick IM"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.06.22"] [Round "1"] [White "House, Glenn"] [Black "Lyell, Mark"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2211"] [BlackElo "2238"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2013.06.20"] [SourceDate "2013.06.22"] 1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O Qe8 8. a3 b6 9. b4 Bb7 10. Bb2 Qh5 11. e3 Rae8 12. b5 Nd8 13. Ne5 Qh6 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15. d4 Nd8 16. Qe2 d6 17. Nc6 Nxc6 18. bxc6 e5 19. f3 f4 20. exf4 exf4 21. Bc1 Qg6 22. g4 d5 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Nxd5 Bc5 25. dxc5 Rxe6 26. Nxf4 Qf7 27. Nxe6 Qxe6 28. cxb6 axb6 0-1your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard

LawrenceCooper · Post by **LawrenceCooper** » Sun Jun 23, 2013 1:52 pm

Round 2:

[Event "Big Slick GM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arkell, Keith"]
[Black "Nemcova, Katerina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2013.06.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 Bf5 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rfe1 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14.
Rab1 Nd6 15. Nd2 Qf6 16. Ne2 g6 17. Nf4 Re7 18. a4 Rae8 19. Nd3 h5 20. Nf3 Qf5
21. Rbc1 Ne4 22. b4 Nd6 23. Nc5 Qf6 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Ne5 Rde7 26. b5 cxb5 27.
axb5 Nxb5 28. Qc5 a6 29. Qxd5 Kg7 30. h3 Qe6 31. Qf3 Nd6 32. Rc5 f6 33. Nd3 Qe4
34. Qd1 b6 35. Rc2 Nf5 36. Qd2 g5 37. Rec1 Nh4 38. Ne1 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. d5
Rh8 41. d6 Rf7 42. Qd3 Qxd3 43. Nxd3 Nf5 44. Rc6 Rd8 45. Rxb6 Rxd6 46. Rxd6
Nxd6 47. Rc6 Ne4 48. Rxa6 Rd7 49. Ra4 Rxd3 50. Rxe4 f5 51. Rf4 g3 52. Kf1 gxf2
53. Kxf2 Kg6 54. Kf3 Ra3 55. Rd4 Kg5 56. Rd8 Ra4 57. Rg8+ Kf6 58. g3 Rb4 59.
Rh8 Ra4 60. Rh4 Ra3 61. Rb4 Kg5 62. g4 1/2-1/2

LawrenceCooper · Post by **LawrenceCooper** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 12:31 pm

[Event "Big Slick IM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.06.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lyell, Mark"]
[Black "Rudd, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2013.06.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Be2 exd4 8.
Qxd4 Nf6 9. e5 Nc6 10. Qh4 Nd5 11. Qg3 g6 12. O-O d6 13. Rd1 Be6 14. c4 Nb6 15.
c5 Nd5 16. Bc4 dxc5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nc3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 c6 21.
Nxd5 cxd5 22. Bh6 Qd7 23. Rad1 Rd8 24. Qb3 Qc6 25. g3 g5 26. Bg7 Rg8 27. Bf6
Bxf6 28. exf6 Rg6 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxf6 31. Qe3+ Re6 32. Qxg5 Re1+ 33.
Kg2 Kf8 34. Kh3 h6 35. Rd8+ Re8 36. Rxe8+ Kxe8 37. Qa5 a6 38. f4 Kd7 39. Qd2+
Qd6 40. Qa5 Qe6+ 41. f5 Qe4 42. Qd2+ Ke7 43. g4 b5 44. Kh4 Qf3 45. Qb4+ Kd7 46.
Qd4+ Ke8 47. f6 Qe2 48. Qd6 b4 49. Kh5 Qe4 50. Qb8+ Kd7 51. Qa7+ Ke8 52. Qxa6
Qg6+ 53. Kh4 Qg5+ 54. Kg3 Qe3+ 55. Kg2 Qe4+ 56. Kf2 Qf4+ 57. Ke1 Qxg4 58. Qa8+
Kd7 59. Qb7+ Kd6 60. Qe7+ Kc6 61. Qxf7 Qg1+ 62. Ke2 Qxh2+ 63. Kd3 Qg3+ 64. Ke4
Qg4+ 65. Ke5 Qg5+ 66. Ke6 Qd5+ 67. Ke7 Qd6+ 68. Ke8 Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Big Slick IM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.06.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "House, Glenn"]
[Black "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2013.06.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. b3 Bf6 11. Rh5 g6 12. Rh3 b6 13. Ba3 c5 14. Qf3 Bb7
15. Qf4 Bg7 16. Re3 Rxe3 17. fxe3 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Bxf6 19. Bb2 Ne4 20. Rf1 Bxc3
21. dxc3 Re8 22. c4 f5 23. Rd1 Bc6 24. Be2 Kf7 25. Bf3 Ng5 26. Kf2 Ke6 27. a4
Ne4+ 28. Kf1 g5 29. h3 Rg8 30. Ke2 g4 31. hxg4 fxg4 32. Bxe4 Bxe4 33. Rd2 Bxg2
34. Kf2 Be4 35. Kg3 h5 36. Rh2 Rg5 37. Bc3 Rf5 38. Kh4 Rf3 39. Be1 Rxe3 40. Bg3
Rc3 41. Re2 Kf5 42. Rf2+ Kg6 43. Rd2 Bf5 44. Rd6+ Be6 45. Rd2 Re3 46. Rh2 Bf5
47. Bb8 Be4 48. Bg3 Kf5 49. Rd2 Ke6 50. a5 bxa5 51. Rd6+ Ke7 52. Ra6 Bxc2 53.
Bd6+ Kf7 54. Bxc5 Rxb3 55. Kxh5 g3 56. Rxa5 g2 57. Rxa7 Ke6 58. Ra1 Rc3 59. Bg1
Rxc4 60. Kg5 Be4 61. Kf4 Bc6+ 62. Ke3 Rc3+ 63. Kd4 Rf3 64. Re1+ Kf7 65. Re2 Rf1
0-1

Chris Rice · Post by **Chris Rice** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 1:36 pm

LawrenceCooper wrote:[Event "Big Slick GM"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.06.24"] [Round "3"] [White "Lalic, Bogdan"] [Black "Trent, Lawrence"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2489"] [BlackElo "2420"] [PlyCount "20"] [EventDate "2013.06.20"] [SourceDate "2013.06.24"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 1/2-1/2your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard

So Bogdan's played a total of 46 moves in 3 drawn games. No doubt he'll be complaining on FaceBook later about how unfair it is that his Elo keeps going down.

LawrenceCooper · Post by **LawrenceCooper** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 1:41 pm

[Event "Big Slick IM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meszaros, Gyula"]
[Black "Bates, Casper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2013.06.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qb3 Ba5 7. e3 d6 8.
Nge2 Nd7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. g3 Nf8 11. Bg2 Rb8 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rab1 Qd7 14. Qa4
Bxc3 15. Nxc3 a6 16. b4 Bf5 17. Rbd1 Bh3 18. d5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rbc8 20. Qb3 c5
21. Na4 Qc7 22. bxc5 Nd7 23. Rb1 Nxc5 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Rfc1 Re7 26. Qb6 Kf8
27. Qxc5 Rxc5 28. Rb6 Rd7 29. Rcb1 Rxc4 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Rxb7 f5 32. Rd7 Ra4
33. Rxd6 Ke7 34. Rb6 Rxa2 35. h3 h5 36. Kf3 a5 37. Rb7+ Kf6 38. Ra7 g5 39. Ra6+
Ke5 40. d6 g4+ 41. Kg2 Ke6 42. h4 Kd7 43. Ra7+ Kxd6 44. Rxf7 Ke5 45. Rh7 Rb2
46. Rxh5 Rb8 47. Rg5 a4 48. Rg7 Ra8 49. Re7+ Kd6 50. Rb7 a3 51. Rb1 a2 52. Ra1
Kc5 53. f3 Kb4 54. e4 fxe4 55. fxg4 Kb3 56. Kf2 Ra3 57. g5 Kb2 58. Rxa2+ Kxa2
59. g6 Rf3+ 60. Kg2 Rf8 61. h5 e3 62. g7 Re8 63. Kf1 e2+ 64. Ke1 Kb2 65. h6 Kc2
66. h7 Kd3 67. g8=Q 1-0

LawrenceCooper · Post by **LawrenceCooper** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 12:30 pm

Round 5:

LawrenceCooper · Post by **LawrenceCooper** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 6:08 pm

[Event "Big Slick GM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Trent, Lawrence"]
[Black "Longson, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2013.06.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nge2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Nd4 9. Qd2 Rb8 10. a4 Nh5 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nd5 Bg5 13. Qe2 g6 14. g3 Bh3 15.
f4 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Bh6 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Ba3 Qg5 19. Bc1 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Qxg3+ 21.
Qg2 Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Kg7 24. b4 Rbc8 25. Rf1 f5 26. exf5 Rxf5 27.
Rxf5 gxf5 28. a5 Rd8 29. b5 Kf7 30. b6 axb6 31. Nxb6+ Ke7 32. Bd5 Rb8 33. Nc4
Kd7 34. Bf3 Ke6 35. Kf2 h6 36. Kf1 h5 37. Bxh5 e4 38. dxe4 fxe4 39. Bg6 Kd5 40.
Nb6+ Kc6 41. Bxe4+ Kb5 42. Ke2 Kxa5 43. Nd7 Re8 44. Kd3 Re7 45. Nf6 b5 46. Kxd4
Rc7 47. Bd3 b4 48. Bc4 Ka4 49. Nd5 Rc6 50. Ne3 Rc8 51. Bb3+ Kb5 52. Be6 Rc7 53.
Bb3 Rc8 54. Bd5 Rc7 55. Be4 Rc8 56. Bd3+ Ka4 57. Nc4 Rd8+ 58. Ke3 Re8+ 59. Kd2
Rd8 60. Nb2+ Ka3 61. Nc4+ Ka4 62. Nb2+ Ka3 63. Nc4+ Ka4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Big Slick IM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vogel, Jaap"]
[Black "Rudd, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2013.06.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
c4 d6 9. Nc3 Ne5 10. Nd4 a6 11. b3 h5 12. h4 Nfg4 13. Ne4 f5 14. Ng5 Qe7 15. e3
Nf7 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Bb2 Rb8 20. Qd3 Bd7 21. e4 Rf8
22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Bc6 25. Rad1 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 d5 27. f3 Nf6
28. Rfe1 Qa3 29. Rd2 Re8 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Nxe6 Qc1 32. Ng5 Qe1 33. Qd3 Re5 34.
Rf2 Re3 35. Qd2 dxc4 36. bxc4 Qxd2 37. Rxd2 Kf8 38. Rb2 b5 39. cxb5 axb5 40.
Rxb5 Re2+ 41. Kh3 Rxa2 42. Rb8+ Ne8 43. Ne6+ Kf7 44. Rxe8 Kxe8 45. Nxg7+ Kf7
46. Nxh5 Kg6 47. g4 Ra4 48. Kg3 Rc4 49. Nf4+ Kf6 50. h5 Kg5 51. Nh3+ Kf6 52.
Nf2 Kg5 53. Ne4+ Kh6 54. Kh4 Ra4 55. Nd6 Rb4 56. Nf5+ Kh7 57. Kg5 Rc4 58. f4
Rc5 59. Kf6 Rc4 60. Ke5 Rc5+ 61. Ke4 Rc4+ 62. Kf3 Rc3+ 63. Ne3 Ra3 64. g5 Rb3
65. Ke4 Rb4+ 66. Kf5 Rb5+ 67. Kg4 Ra5 68. Nf5 Rc5 69. g6+ Kg8 70. h6 Kh8 71.
Ne7 Rg5+ 72. fxg5 1/2-1/2

David Grobler · Post by **David Grobler** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 6:36 pm

I cant find any news re players progress? How many points does Alan Merry need for a Norm for example?

David Sedgwick · Post by **David Sedgwick** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 7:02 pm

David Grobler wrote:I cant find any news re players progress? How many points does Alan Merry need for a Norm for example?

The IM norm is 7, so he needs 1Â½ / 3.

For the current standings, please see the tournament website at http://bigslickchess.gingergm.com/.

David Grobler · Post by **David Grobler** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 10:43 pm

David Sedgwick wrote:
David Grobler wrote:I cant find any news re players progress? How many points does Alan Merry need for a Norm for example?
The IM norm is 7, so he needs 1Â½ / 3.

For the current standings, please see the tournament website at http://bigslickchess.gingergm.com/.

Thanks for that...I could find the current standings...but I couldnt see anywhere what the target was !

LawrenceCooper · Post by **LawrenceCooper** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:11 pm

David Grobler wrote:
David Sedgwick wrote:
David Grobler wrote:I cant find any news re players progress? How many points does Alan Merry need for a Norm for example?
The IM norm is 7, so he needs 1Â½ / 3.

For the current standings, please see the tournament website at http://bigslickchess.gingergm.com/.
Thanks for that...I could find the current standings...but I couldnt see anywhere what the target was !

The norms that are still possible are as follows:

GM section:

GM norm: Yang-Fan needs 2.5/3 and Lawrence 3/3
IM norm: Alex needs 1.5/3

IM section:

IM norm: Alan needs 1.5/3.

LawrenceCooper · Post by **LawrenceCooper** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:16 pm

Round 7:

Andrew Bak · Post by **Andrew Bak** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 1:47 pm

Why does Bogdan Lalic bother playing?

LawrenceCooper · Post by **LawrenceCooper** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:35 pm

Alan Merry needs 0.5/2 for an IM norm in the IM section. In the GM section Yang-Fan needs 1.5/2 for a GM norm and Alex Longson needs 1/2 for an IM norm. Lawrence can no longer get his norm.

Yang-Fan has white v Longson & black v Franklin
Alex has black v Yang-Fan & white v Radovanovic
Alan has white v Vogel & black v House.

Scores:

GM norm section:

Yang-Fan Zhou 5.5/7
Gormally & Trent 4.5
Lalic & Longson 4
Arkell 3.5/6
Franklin 3
Panjwani 2/6
Radovanovic 2
Nemcova 1

IM section:

Merry 6.5/7,
Sarakauskas 5,
Rudd 4,
McClement 3.5,
House, Lyell & Meszaros 3,
Olsarova & Vogel 2.5,
Bates 1.5.

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