GM Eric Hansen tied for 1st!

**Kerry Liles** · Tuesday, 26th February, 2013, 02:13 PM

Re: GM Eric Hansen tied for 1st!

Originally posted by Hans Jung View Post

In this awesome field at Cappelle Eric Hansen is tied for 1st! WoW!

In Round 5, Eric (with Black) drew with GM Mikhail Gurevich ...

**Hans Jung** · Tuesday, 26th February, 2013, 02:36 PM

Re: GM Eric Hansen tied for 1st!

Amazingly (with a draw) still tied for 1st!

**Kerry Liles** · Tuesday, 26th February, 2013, 02:41 PM

Re: GM Eric Hansen tied for 1st!

Originally posted by Hans Jung View Post

Amazingly (with a draw) still tied for 1st!

Here is a link for others who wish to track Eric's results:

http://www.cappelle-chess.fr/en2/default.php

(of course, you can always follow @hansenchess on twitter ...)

**Eric Hansen** · Tuesday, 26th February, 2013, 04:45 PM

Re: GM Eric Hansen tied for 1st!

you can also get updates from me automatically if you have facebook

http://www.facebook.com/hansenchess

**Hugh Brodie** · Tuesday, 26th February, 2013, 10:47 PM

Re: GM Eric Hansen tied for 1st!

[Event "Cappelle op"]
[Site "Cappelle La Grande"]
[Date "2013.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Payen, Arnaud"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Hansen,E"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Nbd2
Bf5 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. h3 Nbd7 11. a4 Rac8 12. Bh2 Be6 13. Ncd2 cxd4 14. exd4 Qb6
15. Qb1 Rfe8 16. a5 Qc7 17. Re1 Bh6 18. Bd3 Bd5 19. Re2 e5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21.
Qe1 Qc6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 f6 25. Nd4 Qd5 26. Nc2 Nc5 27. Re2
Nd3 28. Qb1 Rcd8 29. Ne1 Nc1 30. Rc2 Nb3 31. c4 Qe4 32. Rc3 Qxb1 33. Rxb1 Nxa5
34. b4 Bd2 35. Ra3 Nxc4 36. Rxa7 Rd7 37. g4 Red8 38. Nf3 b6 39. Rxd7 Rxd7 40.
Kg2 Kf7 41. b5 Ba5 42. Rc1 Rc7 43. Rd1 g5 44. h4 h5 45. hxg5 hxg4 46. Nh4 fxg5
47. Nf5 Kg6 48. Ng3 Nd2 49. Nf1 Nxf1 50. Bxe5 Re7 51. Rd6+ Kf5 52. Bd4 Nd2 53.
Rf6+ Ke4 54. Bxb6 Bxb6 55. Rxb6 Kf5 56. Rb8 Re1 57. Rf8+ Kg6 58. Rg8+ Kf6 59.
Rh8 Rb1 60. b6 Nf3 61. Rh1 Nh4+ 62. Kh2 Rxb6 63. Kg3 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op"]
[Site "Cappelle La Grande"]
[Date "2013.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Mateo, Ramon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Hansen,E"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. c4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. O-O e6 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 Rc8 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Ne5 12. d4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 cxd4 14. Rxd4
Qa5 15. Rad1 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. b4 Qb6 18. Qe2 e5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Rc4
21. a3 Rfc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op"]
[Site "Cappelle La Grande"]
[Date "2013.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Todorcevic, Miodrag"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Hansen,E"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Nf6 6. Qxg7 Rg8 7. Qh6 Rg6 8.
Qh4 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne7 11. f3 Qd5 12. Kb1 Nf5 13. Qe1 Nd6 14. Nh3
Qf5 15. Nf2 Bd7 16. Bb4 Bc6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bxe4 20. Qc3
Kd7 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Qd5 23. Rf1 f5 24. g3 Rc8 25. Qd2 a6 26. b3 b5 27.
Kb2 Rg4 28. Ra1 e5 29. Qh6 Rh8 30. Rf1 e4 31. Rd2 Rg6 32. Qe3 Rf8 33. Rdf2 h5
34. c3 Rf7 35. Rc1 Ke6 36. c4 bxc4 37. bxc4 Qa5 38. d5+ Ke7 39. Rc3 Qc5 40. Kc2
h4 41. Qxc5 dxc5 42. Rb3 hxg3 43. hxg3 Kf6 44. Rb6+ Kg5 45. Rxg6+ Kxg6 46. Kd2
Rg7 47. Ke3 Kf6 48. Rg2 Ke5 49. Rg1 a5 50. Kf2 Rb7 51. Rd1 Rb2+ 52. Kg1 e3 53.
d6 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op"]
[Site "Cappelle La Grande"]
[Date "2013.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Kambrath, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[Annotator "Hansen,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b5 8.
Be2 Bb7 9. a3 Rc8 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Bf3 Rc4 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. O-O d6 14. Bd4 d5 15.
Bxf6 dxe4 16. Bxe4 gxf6 17. f5 Rg8 18. Rae1 e5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Ne4 Be7 21. h3
Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Ke7 23. c3 Rd8 24. Qf3 Bb6 25. Re2 Qd5 26. Rfe1 Qd3 27. Qg4 Rxe4
28. Qxe4 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Bf2 30. R1e2 Bg3 31. Rd4 Rc8 32. Rg4 1-0

[Event "29th Open"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"]
[Date "2013.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Hansen,Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[ECO "A16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1
Nc6 8. Nf3 Qd7 9. O-O b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. d3 O-O 12. Rd1 Na5 13. Bb2 c5 14.
c4 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Rfd8 16. Rbc1 Qf5 17. Nh4 Qe6 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Ng2 Qd6
20. Ne3 e6 21. Ng4 Qd4 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Ne4 Rad8 25. Ra1
1/2-1/2

**Kerry Liles** · Wednesday, 27th February, 2013, 11:40 AM

Re: GM Eric Hansen tied for 1st!

Eric just tweeted that he had won his round 6 game after his opponent blundered a piece to speed along the process... The live feed must be delayed because after reading the tweet, I watched the end of the game "live". Houdini* considered Eric's winning move 'suboptimal' - LOL

*I presume Houdini is doing the eval at Chessbomb

**Gordon Ritchie** · Wednesday, 27th February, 2013, 12:08 PM

Re: GM Eric Hansen tied for 1st!

They are both right. Eric's move was good enough to pocket an easy point. Go, Eric, Go!

**Frank Dixon** · Wednesday, 27th February, 2013, 04:14 PM

Re: GM Eric Hansen tied for 1st!

GM Hansen is still tied for first after six rounds at Capelle la Grande. There are 20 players at 5/6. :)

He will play Black on board 2 tomorrow, in round 7, against GM Sergey Fedorchuk (2643).

Good luck and good skill, Eric!! :)

**Peter McKillop** · Wednesday, 27th February, 2013, 04:58 PM

Re: GM Eric Hansen tied for 1st!

I wonder what the story is on L. Jarmula? Born in '98 - he must be seriously underrated. Where's that Ed Seedhouse when he's needed? : )

**Frank Dixon** · Thursday, 28th February, 2013, 01:37 PM

Re: GM Eric Hansen tied for 1st!

GM Eric Hansen lost today at Capelle to GM Fedorchuk, as Black in a Lion, in 39 moves.

This line runs 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 etc. It's a form of Philidor Defence, with a different move order. Developed mainly in the Netherlands in recent times, although similar positions date back over 100 years.

The loss drops him out of a tie for first place.

Eric didn't manage to generate any serious counterplay, in the face of GM Fedorchuk's precise play. Eric lost a pawn in the middlegame, found himself in a passive position with Q+R+R on each side, and was ground down.

With such a large field, over 500 players, this loss unfortunately takes him out of contention for first place, although he can still end up very high in the standings, with a strong finish.

**Kevin Me** · Saturday, 2nd March, 2013, 04:41 AM

Re: GM Eric Hansen tied for 1st!

Originally posted by dfsdafdsf

Amazingly (with a draw) still tied for 1st!

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**Aman Hambleton** · Saturday, 2nd March, 2013, 08:24 AM

Re: GM Eric Hansen tied for 1st!

What a final round game (ongoing) as Black vs. GM Vorobiov [2584]. Eric's clutch performances are pretty amazing to watch. With a win he will share first place with great tiebreaks!

**Vlad Dobrich** · Saturday, 2nd March, 2013, 08:56 AM

Re: GM Eric Hansen tied for 1st!

Originally posted by Aman Hambleton View Post

What a final round game (ongoing) as Black vs. GM Vorobiov [2584]. Eric's clutch performances are pretty amazing to watch. With a win he will share first place with great tiebreaks!

How to make a strong GM 2578 look bad. That's what Eric did today - he beat him like an old rug! See the whole game >>>>http://chessbomb.com/site/

**Hugh Brodie** · Saturday, 2nd March, 2013, 09:36 AM

Re: GM Eric Hansen tied for 1st!

Here are more of Eric's games. Round 8 doesn't seem to be available.

[Event "29th Open"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"]
[Date "2013.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hansen,Eric"]
[Black "Vovk,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 b6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Qg4 O-O 12. e5 f5 13. exf6 Rxf6 14.
Nf3 e5 15. Qe4 Bf5 16. Qxe5 Bd6 17. Qc3 Qc7 18. Bg5 Rf7 19. Bh4 Bg4 20. Ng5
Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Rf4 1-0

[Event "29th Open"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"]
[Date "2013.02.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedorchuk,S"]
[Black "Hansen,Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[ECO "C41"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Ba2 exd4 9. Nxd4 a5 10. Qf3 c6 11. Re1 d5 12. exd5 Nfxd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14.
Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Be5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Qb6 18. Qc3 Be6 19. b3 Rac8 20.
Qd2 Qc5 21. Rae1 Rfe8 22. h3 Bd7 23. c4 Qc7 24. Rxd5 b6 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26.
Rxb5 h6 27. Rd5 Qc6 28. Ree5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Qf6 30. Qe3 Rd8 31. Rd5 Kf8 32.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. c5 bxc5 34. Qxc5+ Kg8 35. b4 axb4 36. Qxb4 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qc2
38. a5 Qxf2 39. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "29th Open"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"]
[Date "2013.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vorobiov,E"]
[Black "Hansen,Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[ECO "C00"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. f4 Nbc6 7. Nh3 O-O 8.
O-O Bc7 9. c3 b5 10. Nf3 b4 11. c4 dxe4 12. dxe4 e5 13. Be3 Qxd1 14. Raxd1
Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Nf2 b3 18. Nd3 Bg4 19. Rde1 bxa2 20. b4
Be6 21. Nb2 Rab8 22. f5 Nxb4 23. Bxb4 Rxb4 24. Nd3 Rb3 25. fxe6 Rxd3 26.
Re2 fxe6 27. Rxa2 Bb6 28. Rb1 Rc3 29. Bh3 Rf6 30. Kg2 d3 31. Rd2 Be3 32.
Rdd1 Rf2+ 33. Kh1 Kf7 34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Bxf1 d2 36. Rd1 Rc1 37. Be2 a5 38.
Kg2 a4 0-1

GM Eric Hansen tied for 1st!

GM Eric Hansen tied for 1st!

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