The CFC Regular Chess Post – Sept. 1/12 – IM Eric Hansen.

Canadian IM Eric Hansen recently continued his string of excellent results, after sharing the 5th place in the World Junior Championship in Athens in early-August. Possibly encouraged with the presence of his trainer IM Miodrag Perunovic, Eric performed splendidly at the Isthmia tournament in Greece ( playing there as a tune-up for the Olympiad ), beating the strong GM Ioannis Nikolaidis in the last round with black pieces, to finish equal first (2nd on tie-break) and claim his first GM norm ! He played 5 GM's.
Congratulations Eric!! GM title coming up soon!

( partly adapted from Susan Polgar blog )

Bob Armstrong, CFC Public Relations Coordinator
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