Eric Hansen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Eric Hansen
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	May 24, 1992(1992-05-24)
Age	32
Birthplace	Irvine
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Gemini

Eric Hansen Biography

Eric Hansen is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on May 24, 1992 in Irvine, California, United States. Chess grandmaster who began representing Canada in the Chess Olympiad since 2012. He is popular on Twitch, where he plays virtual chess games and analyzes the results for 140,000 followers on the chessbrah channel.

He played against Nigel Short at the 2013 Canadian Open.

Hansen began playing chess in grade school at the age of nine. By the age of 15, in 2008, Hansen became the youngest ever Alberta champion and earned the title FIDE Master (FM). He repeated as Alberta champion in 2009, 2011 and 2013.

Hansen is a strong blitz and bullet player, both over-the-board and online. He has been spotted playing at Internet Chess Club (ICC), Chess.com, ChessCube, PlayChess.com, and lichess.org. For most of 2011, Hansen was recognized as the highest-rated player on ChessCube.com, with a 3000+ rating. 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-rated blitz rating. The two were living in the same dorm building on the University of Texas at Dallas campus. The two 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 eventually won 15-11.

He has one brother and one sister.

Eric Hansen Net Worth

Eric Hansen is one of the richest Chess Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Eric Hansen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He spent the majority of his childhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He briefly attended the University of Texas at Dallas on a chess scholarship.

He has taken first-place finishes at tournaments like the 2012 Canadian Open Chess Championship and the 2013 Cappelle-la-Grande Open.

Eric Hansen (born May 24, 1992) is a Canadian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2013. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2011 and 2013. Hansen has represented Canada in the Chess Olympiad since 2012.

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Hansen tied for 1st–5th places at the American Continental Championship 2012, held in October in Mar del Plata, Argentina, with Julio Granda Zuñiga, Alexander Shabalov, Diego Flores and Gregory Kaidanov. Since there were four qualifying places for the 2013 World Cup, Hansen played a rapidplay playoff with the mentioned players finishing fourth. In December, he won the 2nd Panama Open, scoring 8½/9.

Facts & Trivia

Eric Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Eric Hansen celebrates birthday on May 24 of every year.

Since April 2015, Hansen has been active on lichess under the alias “chessbrahs”, where he mostly plays bullet games.

Who is the highest rated Canadian chess player?

Eric Hansen
Peak rating| 2629 (September 2017)

What happened to Eric Hansen?

A Cleveland, Ohio native and a graduate of Ohio State University, Hansen has covered college sports since 1983. He was managing editor of the Irish Sports Report, a publication about Notre Dame sports, for seven years. He currently resides in South Bend, Indiana with his two sons.

How old is Eric Hansen?

30 years (May 24, 1992)

When did Eric Hansen start playing chess?

Hansen learned how to play chess when he was nine years old. He earned the FIDE master title at age 15 and became the youngest Alberta champion in history.

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