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Eric Hansen was born on 24 May, 1992 in Irvine, California, U.S., is an American-Canadian chess grandmaster (born 1992). Discover Eric Hansen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 31 years old?

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Age 31 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 24 May, 1992
Birthday 24 May
Birthplace Irvine, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1988

The next month, he tied for 5th–10th places in the World Junior Chess Championship in Athens, Greece, scoring 9/13 points, the best-ever finish by a Canadian in this event; the previous best had been Vinny Puri's tie for 8th place in 1988.

At the Isthmia Open tournament at Vrachati a few days later, Hansen scored his first Grandmaster norm with a tie for 1st–3rd place.

1992

Eric Hansen (born May 24, 1992) is a Canadian chess grandmaster and Twitch streamer.

2004

Hansen is the second-youngest Canadian to attain the title of Grandmaster, after Mark Bluvshtein, who did so at age 16 in 2004, and the youngest homegrown Canadian (because Bluvshtein received Israeli youth chess training systems before immigrating to Canada in 1999 at age 11).

2009

He became Alberta champion again in 2009, 2011, and 2013.

2011

He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2011 and 2013.

Hansen attended the University of Texas at Dallas for one year, beginning in September 2011, on a chess scholarship, representing the school in intercollegiate tournaments.

In 2011, Hansen tied for first place in the Canadian Closed Championship with a score of 7½/9 points, but lost a two-game playoff to Bator Sambuev, who was declared champion.

Nevertheless, Hansen was nominated to play in the FIDE World Cup 2011.

In that event, Hansen played Vugar Gashimov, losing both games.

For most of 2011, Hansen was recognized as the highest-rated player on ChessCube.com, with a 3000+ rating.

2012

Hansen has represented Canada in the Chess Olympiad since 2012.

Hansen holds a dual citizenship as a Canadian and American.

Hansen was born in Irvine, California, United States, but grew up in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

He first attended elementary school at Webber Academy where his Chess roots formed a solid foundation during school Chess club.

In a 4 September 2012 video interview at the Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Hansen reflected on his 2011 World Cup experience: "I got paired against Gashimov and he killed me. It was a good experience because I realized I wasn't serious enough to be competing with these guys. I'm more serious now ... it was good for motivating me."

Hansen won the Canadian Open Chess Championship in Victoria, British Columbia, in July 2012.

Hansen achieved his final Grandmaster norm in the 40th Chess Olympiad, in Istanbul, Turkey, in August–September 2012, where he made his debut on the Canadian national team.

He played on board four and scored 7½/10 points, boosting his FIDE rating by 25 points, reaching 2500 (the minimum for the GM title).

Hansen tied for 1st–5th places at the October 2012 American Continental Championship in Mar del Plata, Argentina, with Julio Granda Zuñiga, Alexander Shabalov, Diego Flores, and Gregory Kaidanov.

By April 2012, he was recognized as the highest-rated bullet player on Chess.com.

He subsequently qualified for and accepted Chess.com's Death-Match 4 against then-IM Conrad Holt, who had the highest blitz rating.

The two were living in the same dorm on the University of Texas at Dallas campus.

They were tied 4–4 after the first 8 rounds of 5-minute + 1-second increment blitz games.

In the second round of 3-minute + 1-second increment blitz games, Holt pulled ahead 5.5–3.5, and he eventually won 15–11.

2013

FIDE awarded him the grandmaster title in 2013.

He took a break from his studies to focus on chess full-time, and made his European base in Valencia, Spain, in autumn 2013.

Eric began playing chess in grade school at age nine.

By 15, he became the youngest ever Alberta champion and earned the title FIDE Master (FM).

FIDE awarded him the title in January 2013.

Since there were four qualifying places for the 2013 World Cup, Hansen played a rapidplay playoff with the other four, finishing fourth.

In December, he won the 2nd Panama Open, scoring 8½/9.

In early 2013, Hansen tied for first place at the Cappelle-la-Grande Open in France.

In July he shared first place in the Canadian Open in Ottawa with Nigel Short, with both scoring 7½/9.

2015

In a 2015 article by sportsnet, Hansen said he was prescribed Ritalin temporarily and enrolled in a school for kids with learning disabilities.

In the 2015 Canadian Zonal Championship, Hansen shared first place with Leonid Gerzhoy and Tomas Krnan, who was declared the winner on tiebreak.

In the online tournament Airthings Masters in February 2022, Hansen defeated both the World Champion Magnus Carlsen and the 2021's challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi in the preliminary rounds and qualified for the knockout phase.

Hansen is predominantly a blitz and bullet player, both over-the-board and online.

He has played at Internet Chess Club (ICC), Chess.com, ChessCube, PlayChess.com, and lichess.org.

2016

In a March 2016 interview with La Presse, Hansen said he was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) when he was 8 or 9 years old.