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GM Eric Hansen

Grandmaster and member of the Canadian Olympic team. I work full-time creating chess content and competing in tournaments.

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Uruguay 2015 video blog

Uruguay 2015 video blog

GM hansen
| May 16, 2015

I am currently competing in the 2015 Pan-American Chess Championships held in Montevideo,Uruguay from the 15th-24th of May. I am so far sitting at 2/2. follow the results here   VIDEO BLOG: 

playing time odds bullet

playing time odds bullet

GM hansen
| Apr 30, 2015

Hey guys!   Last night I was a bit bored so I played everyone on chess.com with bullet time odds. Sometimes I even played with 10 seconds vs 1 minute! It was part of my livestream show for viewers. Below is the full stream. Starting at around 3...

video of my bullet chess

video of my bullet chess

GM hansen
| Apr 24, 2015

Played some bullet games last night on chess.com and recorded it. If you like the format I have plenty of similar videos posted. Leave some feedback :) 

Shamkir Round Four

Shamkir Round Four

GM hansen
| Apr 19, 2015

Grandmasters Eric Hansen and Robin van Kampen give predictions for round four of the 2015 Gashimov Memorial.

Shamkir round two

Shamkir round two

GM hansen
| Apr 17, 2015

Grandmasters Eric Hansen and Robin van Kampen reflect on round one of the tournament and give predictions for round two. Special guest appearance by NM Keith MacKinnon   https://youtu.be/HOjireu__g0

Shamkir Chess predictions

Shamkir Chess predictions

GM hansen
| Apr 16, 2015

GM Robin van Kampen and I will be posting some predictions and thoughts throughout the event on our youtube channel. First video is up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii9Pn1KHhXE https://www.facebook.com/hansenchess https://twitter.com/GMRobi...

update!

update!

GM hansen
| Apr 7, 2015

One important aspect that I've been lazy at for the past little while is my online presence. I've had a pretty relaxed chess schedule which has given me more time to think about some things.  Last week my good pal GM Robin van Kampen arrived fr...

Reykjavik Open 2014

Reykjavik Open 2014

GM hansen
| May 13, 2014

Reykjavik: Before the storm  A couple of months ago, I competed in the Reykjavik Open, known as one of the top open tournaments in the world. Reykjavik hosted the 1972 Fischer-Spassky match and consistently boasts the highest number of chess Gran...

personal website launched!

personal website launched!

GM hansen
| Feb 19, 2013

I invite you to check out my new website www.hansenchess.com ! I leave for France in two days for a strong tournament and plan to have short updates on my site. 

My tournament schedule

My tournament schedule

GM hansen
| Jan 24, 2013

As an aspiring professional chess player it is important to have an organized tournament schedule. It takes a lot of time to choose and plan events, besides preparing for the events themselves. We are our own managers so flights,hotel,logistics al...

Continental 2012

Continental 2012

GM hansen
| Oct 10, 2012

I will be playing in Mar Del Plata, Argentina as the official Canadian representative starting on the 12th of October. I leave today Calgary-Toronto then Toronto-Buenos Aires direct (13hrs). I then take a few hours bus ride to the tournament city ...

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