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Abe Yanofsky was the first GM for Manitoba (and for Canada and the British Commonwealth!) in 1964 (and only one it turns out). BC has the legendary Duncan Suttles and Peter Biyiasis. Quebec had the luxury of a dynasty with Jean Hebert, Kevin Spraggett, Alexandre Lesiege, Pascal Charbonneau, and Thomas Roussel-Roozman. Ontario finally had a GM in Mark Bluvshtein. The road to Grandmaster is a long and torturous one and GM Eric Hansen is the first grandmaster for Alberta. Worthy of a celebration, no?
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Re: So Alberta when are you having a celebration for GM Eric Hansen?
Did Jean Hebert make the Grandmaster title?Originally posted by Hans Jung View PostComment
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correspondence.Originally posted by Evan Frangakis View PostComment
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Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View Post
Oh!?
I don't think I would lump correspondence GMs together with OTB GM's-but that may a philosophical discussion......
Thanks for the info.Comment
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Re: So Alberta when are you having a celebration for GM Eric Hansen?
I think he's scheduled to give a couple of lectures at the Alberta Open over Thanksgiving long weekend. I'm sure he'll receive plenty of congratulations there.Comment
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Re: So Alberta when are you having a celebration for GM Eric Hansen?
But what about the parade? Standing ovation in the legislature? Press tour? Giving simuls in all the communities?Originally posted by David Ottosen View PostComment
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haha.... i wish there was even a tiny bit of recognition!Originally posted by Erik Malmsten View PostComment
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The ladies will come my friend. Or at least they did for me once I got my nice Investment position at ScotiaBank :)Originally posted by Eric Hansen View PostComment
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Re: So Alberta when are you having a celebration for GM Eric Hansen?
I doubt either title will ever be a concern for you.Originally posted by Evan Frangakis View Post
The group of dual, FIDE and ICCF, Grandmasters is relatively small. The sole Canadian to hold both GM titles is Duncan Suttles.
The most recent FIDE GM to earn his ICCF GM title, Rafael Leitao, of Brazil played board 1 for Brazil in the recently concluded FIDE Olympiad and scored 60%.
Possibly part of the reason other nations are leaving Canada in the dust, longing for the days when Fairy Chess variants will be their saviour, is because their players are willing to put in the time studying chess theory and succeeding at correspondence chess as a way of improving their over the board chess results.
Leitao finished 3rd in World Championship final 26.Gary Ruben
CC - IA and SIM
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Re: So Alberta when are you having a celebration for GM Eric Hansen?
HahahahahahaOriginally posted by Gary Ruben View PostComment
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Re: So Alberta when are you having a celebration for GM Eric Hansen?
The old saying: "It's funny cuz it's true" holds hereOriginally posted by Aman Hambleton View PostComment
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Re : So Alberta when are you having a celebration for GM Eric Hansen?
It took a while, but Eric is finally in the news.
http://metronews.ca/news/calgary/378...s-grandmaster/Comment
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Re: So Alberta when are you having a celebration for GM Eric Hansen?
Congratulations Eric!Comment
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Re: So Alberta when are you having a celebration for GM Eric Hansen?
Eric Hansen will be doing a four minute radio interview tomorrow morning Sept 25, 2012 at 6:15 (Alberta time) on QR77 The Morning News with Bruce Kenyon.
Here is the website where you can listen to it online:
http://player.qr77.com/Comment
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