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Hansen, Eric
GM🇨🇦INACTIVE · since September 2024FIDE 2606771· Male· Canada· Born in 1992
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Eric Hansen, a 34-year-old Canadian Grandmaster, is rated 2609 — just 20 short of his peak of 2629 (Sep 2017, age 25) and ranked 1st among Canadian players, and 141st worldwide. He plays around 44 rated games per year and had 2 career breaks: 13 months (2017–2018) and 33 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included). He reached World #141 in Aug 2025 and has been Canadian #1 for 20 months and counting.
Awarded GM in 2013 (age 21), IM in 2010 (age 18), and FM in 2008 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #19 in U20, World #44 in U18, World #46 in U16 and #3 nationally in U14.
Current rating
2609
Standard
Rpd2536·Blz2543
All-time high
2629
−20 pts below
Sep 2017 · age 25
Sep 2017 · age 25
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#1
#1 · Canadian players · of 1,682
#1 nationally since Sep 2024
#1 nationally since Sep 2024
Career timeline
22 entries2026
20 months in National #1 (ongoing)
longest streak 12 months · since Jan 2023
May 2026
2025
Peak World rank: #141
at age 33 · rated 2609
Aug 2025
2024
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 2609 → still inactive
Sep 2024
2023
Peak Canadian rank: #1
at age 31 · rated 2609
Jan 2023
2019
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 2606 → returned at 2613
Nov 2019
2017
All-time peak 2629
at age 25 · −20 from today
Sep 2017
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
0
2609 → 2609
Rankings
/
Canada
#1
out of 1,861 players
Americas
#15
in continent
World
#141
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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World
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