Bob Armstrong
04-11-2013, 12:02 AM
The CFC Regular Chess Post – April 11/13 - Canadian GM Eric Hansen to Go Professional.
On April 10 on CMA Chesstalk, Eric stated:
“Hopefully I'll be able to announce some exciting news regarding my chess plans soon. I can confirm that I won't be returning to school this fall and will continue to focus on being a professional player.”
My guess is that to do this, Eric has garnered some sponsors – playing chess professionally is expensive, with travelling, accommodation, registration fees where required, etc.. GM Mark Bluvshtein was able to accomplish this for his “year of professional chess”, before he retired.
Best of luck, Eric!! We'll look forward to you announcing more details on this.
Bob Armstrong, CFC Public Relations Coordinator
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On April 10 on CMA Chesstalk, Eric stated:
“Hopefully I'll be able to announce some exciting news regarding my chess plans soon. I can confirm that I won't be returning to school this fall and will continue to focus on being a professional player.”
My guess is that to do this, Eric has garnered some sponsors – playing chess professionally is expensive, with travelling, accommodation, registration fees where required, etc.. GM Mark Bluvshtein was able to accomplish this for his “year of professional chess”, before he retired.
Best of luck, Eric!! We'll look forward to you announcing more details on this.
Bob Armstrong, CFC Public Relations Coordinator
CFC Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id=628805206&drafts#!/group.php?gid=10564098798
CFC Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/ChessCanada