Ive been enjoying Eric Hansen games

[Hans Jung]

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https://www.twitch.tv/chessbrah#/chessbrah I enjoyed Eric Hansen's games in a different way (too fast move by move but great in an emotional context). Checkout Naka - Eric chessbrah bullet! Lotsa fun!

[Hans Jung]

Re: Ive been enjoying Eric Hansen games

I was looking forward to the last round matchup of GM Hansen and GM Troff, two of my favorite players. Yes it was a slugfest but no I would never have predicted a draw (which was the result). Chess can be a tough game to play.

[Hans Jung]

Re: Ive been enjoying Eric Hansen games

Chess can be so hard to play. In Gibraltar Ive enjoyed watching GM Eric walk a tight rope on the board and he always seems to be missing winning advantages by one square. (evidenced by his play in rds 2 to 6) He finally beats a GM http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1783699 by use of gritty tactics. Hard work!

[Keith MacKinnon]

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Eric actually just blundered with 27...Rxd5. Instead, ...axb6 and 1/2-1/2

[Hans Jung]

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http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1780279 Mickey lays one on Eric. Two killer passed pawns.

[Hans Jung]

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http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1780313 Great positional chess with lots of excitement at the end. (I know its rapid or active but I still enjoyed it a lot!)

[Hans Jung]

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http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014-...uf-Hansen_Eric I really enjoyed this game. Quite the fighting game.

[Hans Jung]

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Thanks to Wayne for posting all the excellent games in his World Championship Rapid and Blitz thread. I also enjoyed Naka's win over Moro and Aronian - Naka which ended in zugzwang. (amongst many others)

[Hans Jung]

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Round Ten
June 17, 2014
Michalik, Peter-Hansen, Eric
E60 King’s Indian, 3.g3

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. e3 Bg7 6. Ne2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Nd2 b5 9. a4 Nd5 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Nxb5 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qd5 15. Qf3 Qxb5 16. Nxc4 Nd7 17. Na5 Rac8 18. Qb7 Nb6 19. Rf2 e5 20. d5 Qd3 21. Rd2 Qe4 22. Kf2 Bh6 23. Re2 Qh1 24. d6 e4 25. Nc6 Qxh2 26. Kf1 Qh1 27. Kf2 Qf3 28. Ke1 Qxg3 29. Kf1 Kh8 30. d7 Qh3 31. Ke1 Nxd7 32. Rxa7 Nc5 33. Qb5 Nd3 34. Kd2 Qf1 35. Ra1 Nxc1 36. Rxc1 Rfd8 0-1

World Rapid Championship - I enjoyed this scrappy fighting game this morning with my morning coffee!

[Hans Jung]

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Rd 10 Rejkjavik (final round) Eric finishes = 2nd with a draw. The game with GM Olaffson as Black is a Petroff Defence (Russian Defence) and reaches an interesting endgame where Eric doesnt have enough to win.

[Hans Jung]

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With a draw he will pass 2600 just if he can get 1 bonus point from CFC :-)

Eric did it the best way:D He beat GM Naiditsch and is now 2600 FIDE!

[Hans Jung]

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http://new.livestream.com/chesslives...events/2833145 Todays game (Rd 9 Rejkjavik) explained nicely by Eric from 3:50 onwards.

[Andrei Botez]

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He needed to do the first step:

"A Canadian may have a foreign FIDE-rated tournament count for their CFC rating by sending a letter to that effect in advance to the CFC. (And include $25 in advance with the letter sent to the CFC office. The letter should be received by the CFC office not less than 1 month before the start of the event, and include the $25 flat rating fee. - CFC Office policy effective December 1st, 2003) The CFC will rate the event only to the extent that FIDE does. Results must be reported within one month after the tournament is completed. Failure to submit a crosstable after registering an event bars the player from registering a tournament participation for three years. [see Motion 78-15; GL, April 1978, p. 39]"

I was talking about transferring CFC rated points to FIDE...

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Ive been enjoying Eric Hansen games

With a draw he will pass 2600 just if he can get 1 bonus point from CFC :-)

He needed to do the first step:

"A Canadian may have a foreign FIDE-rated tournament count for their CFC rating by sending a letter to that effect in advance to the CFC. (And include $25 in advance with the letter sent to the CFC office. The letter should be received by the CFC office not less than 1 month before the start of the event, and include the $25 flat rating fee. - CFC Office policy effective December 1st, 2003) The CFC will rate the event only to the extent that FIDE does. Results must be reported within one month after the tournament is completed. Failure to submit a crosstable after registering an event bars the player from registering a tournament participation for three years. [see Motion 78-15; GL, April 1978, p. 39]"

[Andrei Botez]

Re: Ive been enjoying Eric Hansen games

Eric did a long commentary (45 minutes ) for the webcast too.

You can find it here:

http://new.livestream.com/chesslives...events/2827458

starts around 3:40

BTW: if Eric draws or wins vs Naiditch in round 9 he will pass 2600.
(no pressure, EH)

With a draw he will pass 2600 just if he can get 1 bonus point from CFC :-)