Eric Hansen at the SPICE Spring Invitational

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  • Eric Hansen at the SPICE Spring Invitational

    Eric Hansen is playing in a 10 player round robin in Lubbock, Texas called the SPICE (Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence) Spring Invitational. With 3 rounds to go, Hansen is still in the hunt for his final IM norm. He needs to score 1.5 in the last 3 rounds to get the title. Here is his schedule for the final 3 rounds:
    Round 7: white against GM Finegold 2534 USA
    Round 8: white against IM Papp 2542 Hungary
    Round 9: black against GM Becerra 2538 USA

    Round by round reports are available at http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/

    The games are being broadcast live on Monroi http://www.monroi.com/
    Good luck Eric!

  • #2
    Re: Eric Hansen at the SPICE Spring Invitational

    I'll second that Tony! 50% with two out of three whites against a tough 2500+ crowd. Go Eric!

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    • #3
      Re: Eric Hansen at the SPICE Spring Invitational

      Eric (white pieces) lost today to GM.Ben Finegold.

      1.e4 c5
      2.Nf3 Nc6
      3.d4 cxd4
      4.Nxd4 g6
      5.c4 Bg7
      6.Be3 Nf6
      7.Nc3 Ng4
      8.Qxg4 Nxd4
      9.Qd1 Ne6
      10.Qd2 Qa5
      11.Rc1 b6
      12.Be2 Bb7
      13.f3 h5
      14.b3 Rc8
      15.Nb5 Qxd2
      16.Kxd2 Ra8
      17.Rhd1 Be5
      18.g3 g5
      19.Rf1 h4
      20.f4 a6
      21.Nc3 Bxc3
      22.Rxc3 hxg3
      23.hxg3 gxf4
      24.gxf4 Nc5
      25.Bxc5 bxc5
      26.e5 a5
      27.Rg1 e6
      28.Bf3 Rh2
      29.Ke1 Bxf3
      30.Rxf3 Ke7
      31.Rf2 Rh3
      32.Rg7 a4
      33.f5 exf5
      34.Rxf5 Rf8
      35.bxa4 Ra3
      36.Kd2 Rxa2
      37.Kd3 Rxa4
      38.Rg4 Rh8
      39.Rg7 Rf8
      40.Rg4 Ra3
      41.Ke4 Rc3
      42.Kd5 Rc8
      43.Rg7 Rd3
      44.Ke4 Rd4
      45.Ke3 Rf8
      46.e6 dxe6
      47.Rxc5 Rfd8
      48.Rc7 R4d7
      49.Rxd7 Rxd7
      50.Rh7 Rd1
      51.Ke4 Rf1
      52.Kd4 Kd6
      53.Rh8 Rd1
      54.Kc3 Ke5
      55.c5 f5
      56.Kc4 f4
      57.c6 f3
      58.c7 f2
      59.Rf8 f1Q
      0-1

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      • #4
        Re: Eric Hansen at the SPICE Spring Invitational

        "Hansen has to beat GM Becerra with Black to earn his final IM norm" - http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com

        Good luck!
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        What is a size of this chess set? Looks quite massive.

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        • #5
          Re: Eric Hansen at the SPICE Spring Invitational

          "Becerra 1-0 Hansen (Hansen needs to win for his IM title. He tried but got caught in Becerra's tactic.)"

          The next tournament will end better ;)




          White to move (29.)


          http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2010...nal-round.html
          http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChe...CESpringSelect
          games were on Monroi


          The game scoresheet.
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          [Event "2010 SPICE Spring Invitational"]
          [Site "Lubbock"]
          [Date "2010.03.19"]
          [Round "9"]
          [White "Becerra, Julio"]
          [Black "Hansen, Eric"]
          [Result "1-0"]
          [WhiteELO "2538"]
          [WhiteTitle "GM"]
          [BlackELO "2415"]
          [BlackTitle "FM"]
          [Source "MonRoi"]

          1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Bd3 Qb6 13.Kb1 b4 14.Ne2 a5 15.f5 e5 16.Ng3 h5 17.Qe2 h4 18.Nh5 Be7 19.g4 a4 20.Bc4 Qc5 21.Rd2 Rc8 22.b3 a3 23.Rc1 Kf8 24.Rd3 Rd8 25.Rcd1 Rd7 26.h3 Bd8 27.Qe1 Rg8 28.Qd2 Bxe4 29.Qh6 Ke8 30.Qh7 Kf8 31.Rxd6 Bxf5 32.Rxd7 1-0

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          • #6
            Re: Eric Hansen at the SPICE Spring Invitational

            Perhaps, next time Eric will be more succesful in IM norm hunting.

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