Eriuc hansen biography
Eriuc hansen biography
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Eric Hansen (chess player)
American-Canadian chess grandmaster (born 1992)
Eric Hansen (born May 24, 1992) is a Canadian chessgrandmaster and Twitch streamer.
FIDE awarded him the grandmaster title in 2013. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2011 and 2013.
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Hansen has represented Canada in the Chess Olympiad.[1]
Biography
Hansen holds a dual citizenship as a Canadian and American. Hansen was born in Irvine, California[2] but grew up in Calgary, Alberta.
He first attended elementary school at Webber Academy where his chess roots formed a solid foundation during school chess club.
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.[3] In a 2015 article by sportsnet, Hansen said he was prescribed Ritalin temporarily and enrolled in a school for children with learning disabilities.[4]
Hansen attended the University of Texas at Dall