Congratulations Eric!

[Hans Jung]

Obviously St. Louis and your flight didnt set you back. Two wins as Black! Keep on finding the KOs. http://www.ssij.nl/indexcvt2015.html

[Kerry Liles]

Re: Congratulations Eric!

Obviously St. Louis and your flight didnt set you back. Two wins as Black! Keep on finding the KOs. http://www.ssij.nl/indexcvt2015.html

At that link it shows Eric got a draw in Round 2... not sure Rd 3 has finished? Ah, yes, after further digging I see Eric did win Round 3.

[Hans Jung]

Re: Congratulations Eric!

http://en.chessbase.com/post/eric-ha...n-wijk-aan-zee and Eric hits the news! At halftime he leads by a whole point 4.5 out of 5 with a performance over 2800! Good Luck Eric and keep up the KOs!

[Hal Bond]

Re: Congratulations Eric!

Thanks for the link Hans! I enjoyed playing thru Eric's win with Black over Pruijssers - love the way he provoked 13. g3. Go Eric!!

[Hal Bond]

Re: Congratulations Eric!

Eric is now tied for the lead with 5.5/7. He appears to be fighting for a half point in round 8, being down a pawn in an endgame with R+B +5 vs R+N+6.

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: Congratulations Eric!

Eric drew his round 8 game, but the co-leader Abasov won, leaving Eric a half point behind with one round to go.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Congratulations Eric!

Hansen’s 20th Cultural Village Games

November 24, 2015

Round 1, Nov. 16, 2015
Pruijssers, Roeland – Hansen, Eric
C85 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O Nd7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.b3 Re8 9.Bb2 f6 10.Nc4 Nf8 11.Nh4 Ne6 12.Qd2 Nf4 13.g3 Ng6 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Kg2 Qd7 16.Kh1 Qh3 17.f4 exf4 18.Qxf4 Bg4 19.Rae1 g5 20.Qd2 Rad8 21.b4 Rxe4 22.dxe4 Rxd2 23.Nxd2 Bxb4 24.c3 Bc5 25.e5 Be6 26.c4 f5 27.Rf3 g4 28.Rd3 b5 29.Ba3 Bb6 30.Rd8+ Kh7 31.Re8 Qh6 32.Bc1 Qg6 33.Re7 bxc4 34.h4 gxh3 35.Nf1 Qg4 36.Kh2 Qf3 37.Kxh3 Qh5+ 38.Kg2 Bd5+ 39.Re4 Bxe4# 0-1

Round 2, Nov. 17, 2015
Hansen, Eric – Abasov, Nijat
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 f6 11.Bxh6 Bxh6 12.Qc2 Bf5 13.Qc3 Qb6 14.Nbd2 a5 15.Nb3 a4 16.Nc5 Qa5 17.Qa3 Rab8 18.h3 Qb4 19.Qxb4 Rxb4 20.b3 Be4 21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.Rxe4 axb3 23.axb3 Rxb3 24.exf6 exf6 25.Re6 Rc3 26.Ra6 c5 27.dxc5 Rc1+ 28.Kh2 Rxc5 29.Rxf6 Rxf6 30.Rxf6 Rc2 31.Ne1 Rd2 32.Rf3 Bf8 33.Nd3 Bd6+ 34.g3 Kg7 35.Kg2 h5 36.h4 Rc2 37.Re3 Rd2 38.Kf3 Kf6 39.Ke4 g5 40.Rf3+ Kg6 41.hxg5 Kxg5 42.Rf5+ Kg4 43.Rf6 Re2+ 44.Kd5 Bb8 45.Rf8 Bc7 46.Rf7 Bb8 47.Rg7+ Kf3 48.Rg5 Rd2 49.Kc4 Rxd3 50.Kxd3 Kxf2 51.Ke4 Bxg3 52.Rxh5 0.5-0.5

Round 3, Nov. 18, 2015
Kevlishivili, Robby – Hansen, Eric
C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Keres Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.d5 Nb6 13.b3 Nb7 14.Nh2 c4 15.Nf1 cxb3 16.axb3 Nc5 17.Ne3 Bd7 18.Nd2 g6 19.Qf3 Bf6 20.Ndf1 Bg7 21.g4 a5 22.Ng3 Qh4 23.Kg2 Rfc8 24.Rh1 a4 25.b4 Nb3 26.Bxb3 axb3 27.Rxa8 Nxa8 28.Qd1 Rxc3 29.Bb2 Rc8 30.Qxb3 Nb6 31.Rc1 Qd8 32.Rxc8 Qxc8 33.Qc2 Qb7 34.Bc1 Bf6 35.Bd2 Qa7 36.Ne2 Bd8 37.Nc1 Bh4 38.Nb3 Nc4 39.Bc1 Qb6 40.Nxc4 bxc4 41.Na5 Ba4 42.Qd2 c3 43.Qe2 Qxb4 44.Nc6 Qb1 45.Qe3 Bc2 46.f3 Bd3 47.Nb4 Qxb4 48.Qxd3 Qd4 49.Qe2 h6 50.Kf1 Bg5 51.Ba3 Qa4 52.Bxd6 c2 0-1

Round 4, Nov. 19, 2015
Hansen, Eric – Lai, Hing Ting
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance Variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.Nd2 Nbc6 9.N2f3 Be4 10.O-O Ng6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Ng5 Be7 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Qd4 Qd5 15.Rfd1 O-O 16.Qc3 Qxe5 17.Bd4 Nf4 18.Bf1 Qg5 19.Qxc6 Bf6 20.g3 Nd5 21.c4 Rfc8 22.Qd6 Rd8 23.Qa3 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Nf6 25.Rad1 Rxd4 26.Rxd4 h5 27.b4 e5 28.Rd6 Qf5 29.Qe3 h4 30.gxh4 Rc8 31.Bh3 1-0

Round 5, Nov. 20, 2015
Kerigan, Demre – Hansen, Eric
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.Re1 e6 9.d4 Be7 10.Nbd2 cxd4 11.cxd4 O-O 12.Nf1 Rc8 13.Ng3 Qc7 14.Bd3 Rfe8 15.Bd2 Qb8 16.a4 Bc6 17.Qb1 g6 18.h4 Bf8 19.h5 Bg7 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.Ng5 Qb6 22.e5 dxe5 23.Bxg6 fxg6 24.Qxg6 Re7 25.Nxe6 Be4 26.Rxe4 Nxe4 27.Nf5 Qxe6 28.Nxe7+ Qxe7 29.Qxe4 Nf6 30.Qxe5 Qxe5 31.dxe5 Ne4 32.Be3 Bxe5 33.axb5 axb5 34.Ra5 Nd6 35.b3 Rc3 36.Ra3 Kf7 37.Kf1 b4 38.Ra5 Ke6 39.Ke2 Rxb3 40.Ra6 Kd7 41.Ra7+ Kc6 42.Ra5 Nb5 43.g4 Ra3 0-1

Round 6, Nov. 22, 2015
Duijker, Rick – Hansen, Eric
A10 English Opening

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 e5 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O Nh5 8.d3 d6 9.f4 exf4 10.gxf4 f5 11.Be3 Be6 12.Nd5 Qd7 13.Qd2 Rae8 14.Rae1 Kh8 15.b4 a6 16.a4 fxe4 17.dxe4 Bh3 18.b5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Nd8 20.Ndc3 Qg4+ 21.Ng3 Ne6 22.Ne2 Nxg3 23.Nxg3 Bh6 24.f5 Ng5 25.Qd4+ Re5 26.Bf4 Bg7 27.f6 Bxf6 28.Bxe5 dxe5 29.Qc5 Ne6 30.Qa3 Kg7 31.Rd1 Rf7 32.c5 axb5 33.axb5 h5 34.Qf3 Qxf3+ 35.Rxf3 Nxc5 36.Rdf1 h4 37.Ne2 Nxe4 38.Re3 Nd2 39.Rd1 Bg5 40.Rd3 Nc4 41.Rb1 e4 42.Rd4 Nd2 43.Rd1 e3 44.Nc3 Bf6 45.Rd3 Bxc3 46.Rxc3 Rf2+ 47.Kh3 e2 48.Rxc7+ Rf7 49.Rxf7+ Kxf7 50.Re1 Nf3 51.Rxe2 Ng1+ 0-1

Round 7, Nov. 23, 2015
Hansen, Eric – Khomeriki, Nino
A65 Benoni, 6e4

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.Bd3 b5 12.Qe1 Re8 13.Qg3 b4 14.Na4 Nf6 15.f5 Bd7 16.Ng5 Bxa4 17.e5 Rxe5 18.fxg6 fxg6 19.Nxh7 Nxh7 20.Qxg6 Qh4 0-1

- Uh oh, two pieces down

- 270 rating points lower and wins in 20

Round 8, Nov. 24, 2015
Ris, Robert – Hansen, Eric
A49 King’s Indian, Fianchetto (without c4)

1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.c3 Re8 8.Re1 e5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Rxe5 11.e4 Qe7 12.Nb3 dxe4 13.Bf4 Rd5 14.Qc2 Bf5 15.Nd4 Bd7 16.Qb3 Qc5 17.Qxb7 Rc8 18.Bxe4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Bh3 20.Qxc8+ Bxc8 21.Re8+ Bf8 22.Bh6 Bd7 23.Rxf8+ Qxf8 24.Bxf8 Kxf8 25.Re1 Ra5 26.a3 c5 27.Re5 f6 28.Rd5 Ke7 29.f4 Ra4 30.Nc2 Ra5 31.Nd4 Ra4 32.Nc2 Ra5 33.Kf2 Be6 34.Rd2 Rb5 35.Ne1 a5 36.Ke3 Bf5 37.Nd3 a4 38.Nf2 Rb6 39.g4 Bb1 40.Re2 h5 41.Kf3+ Kf7 42.gxh5 gxh5 43.Rd2 Ke6 44.Nd1 Kf7 45.Ne3 Rb7 46.Nc4 Ke6 47.Rd6+ Ke7 48.Rd2 Ke6 49.h4 Ba2 50.f5+ Ke7 51.Re2+ Kd7 52.Rd2+ Ke7 53.Re2+ Kd7 54.Rd2+ 0.5-0.5

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Congratulations Eric!

Eric Hansen’s Games at Wijk

November 25, 2015

20th Cultural Village
Wijk aan Zee
Round 9, Nov. 25, 2015
Hansen, Eric – Derakhshani, Dorsa
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Re1 O-O 9.Nbd2 b5 10.Bc2 d5 11.a4 Bb7 12.Nb3 Qd6 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Qe2 d4 15.Bd2 Nc5 16.Nxc5 Qxc5 17.Bb3 Qb6 18.h4 Na5 19.Ba2 bxa4 20.cxd4 exd4 21.Bxa5 Qxa5 22.Qc2 c5 23.h5 Rab8 24.Rec1 Rbc8 25.Bc4 Bc6 26.b3 Bh6 27.Rcb1 Qc3 28.Qd1 Bb5 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Ne5 Kg7 31.bxa4 Bxc4 32.Nxc4 Rb8 33.g3 Rb4 34.Kg2 Rfb8 35.Nd6 Bg5 36.Qf3 f6 37.Rh1 Rb3 38.e5 Qa5 39.exf6+ Bxf6 40.Rh7+ Kxh7 41.Qxf6 Rb1 42.Qe7+ Kh6 43.Nf7+ Kg7 44.Ng5+ Kh6 45.Ne6 1-0

Nijat Abasov won his ninth round game too, so the final scores are:

Abasov 7.5/9, Hansen 7.0/9, Pruijssers 5.5/9 etc.

http://www.ssij.nl/indexcvt2015.html

[Hal Bond]

Re: Congratulations Eric!

Eric had almost an hour and half left on his clock. One got the feeling he was making a point, while scoring one.

[Dale Hoshizaki]

Re: Congratulations Eric!

The sad part was that it looks like the Lai-Abasov game was a pretty easy R+P vs R draw, and then it would have been a tie for first!

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Congratulations Eric!

Eric at Wijk

November 25, 2015

I give the Lai – Abasov game so you can see where White went wrong:

Cultural Village 2015
Wijk aan Zee
Round 9, Nov. 25, 2015
Lai, Hing Ting – Abasov, Nijat
A30 English, Symmetrical

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Nge7 8. b4 b6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qb3 Bb7 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. e3 d5 13. d3 Ba8 14. Rac1 d4 15. exd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Be4 Qd7 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Ne4 Rfb8 21. Bxd4 Rxb3 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nxd7+ cxd4 24. Rb1 Rxa3 25. Rb7 Rc8 26. Ne5 Kf8 27. g4 g5 28. Nf3 h6 29. Nxd4 Rd8 30. Rb3 Ra4 31. Nc2 Rxc4 32. Ne3 Rcd4 33. h3 Ng6 34. Ng2 Ne5 35. Ne1 Kg7 36. Ra3 R8d7 37. Kg2 Kf6 38. Rda1 h5 39. gxh5 Nxd3 40. Nxd3 Rxd3 41. Rxd3 Rxd3 42. Rxa7 Rd4 43. h6 Rh4 44. Kg3 Rxh6 45. Ra4 Kf5 46. f3 e5 47. Ra7 f6 48. Ra6 Rh4 49. Ra5 Rb4 50. Ra3 Kg6 51. Ra6 Rb3 52. Kg4 Rd3 53. Rb6 Rd4+ 54. Kg3 Kf5 55. Rb5 Rd3 56. Ra5 Rb3 57. Rc5 Kg6 58. Kg2 Rb2+ 59. Kg3 f5 60. h4 f4+ 61. Kh3 Rf2 62. Rc3 gxh4 63. Kxh4 Rh2+ 64. Kg4 Rg2+ 65. Kh3 Rg3+ 66. Kh2 Kg5 67. Rc5 Rxf3 68. Rxe5+ Kg4 69. Kg2 Ra3 70. Re8 Ra2+ 71. Kf1 Kf3 72. Ke1 Ra1+ 73. Kd2 Kg3 74. Rf8 f3 75. Rg8+ Kf2 76. Rg7 Ra8 77. Rd7 Re8 78. Kd1 Kf1 79. Kd2 f2 80. Rg7 Rd8+ 0-1

Stockfish had equal play until 27.g4 and then Nijat pulled ahead. My engine doesn’t like 28.Nf3.

[Dale Hoshizaki]

Re: Congratulations Eric!

I was thinking while watching 72 Kg1! (King to the short side) should draw with the usual short side defence and Rook checking from the other side, and was kind of surprised an FM didn't know this. Of course, I'm not exactly an endgame god, so I could be wrong...

[Hans Jung]

Re: Congratulations Eric!

Its sad to see that Eric is mortal like the rest of us. He was done in by a Monday. (otherwise he would have won the tournament) Damn all Mondays. And for those of you who think it doesnt matter - beware of Mondays! (they might do you in)

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Congratulations Eric!

Congratulations Eric!

November 30, 2015

Eric’s game against Nino Khomeriki in the Cultural Village tournament is featured today in ChessBase:

http://en.chessbase.com/post/shipwrecked-in-the-benoni

in an article entitled “Shipwrecked in the Benoni”.