Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen

Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen
Hansen at the 2017 Andorra open
Country	Norway
Born	(1979-03-01) 1 March 1979 (age 45) Røyken, Norway
Title	Grandmaster (2015)
FIDE rating	2402 (December 2024)
Peak rating	2501 (May 2015)

Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen (born 1 March 1979 in Røyken) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster.^[1]

Hansen in 2007

He achieved the title International Master in 2008,^[2] and was awarded the Grandmaster title in 2015.^[3]

Chess career

Hansen was the first coach of later World Champion Magnus Carlsen, from 2000 to 2001, when Hansen served a one-year alternative civilian service programme at the Norwegian College of Elite Sport.^[4] Carlsen was nine years old at the time, and trained chess in a group along with two other children, organized by Hansen. Carlsen's rating improved from about 900 to 1,900 during this one-year period.^[5]

Hansen achieved his first Grandmaster norm in the 2003/04 Rilton Cup in Stockholm,^[4] with subsequent norms in the Norwegian Premier League in 2007/08 and in Almeria in 2011.^[6] He was designated IM in 2008 and GM in 2015.^[1]

From 2009 to 2013 he was running the chess company Sjakkhuset, along with Silje Bjerke and Torstein Bae [no].^[7]

Early and personal life

Hansen was born on 1 March 1979.^[7] Having learned chess as a child from his father, his child and youth achievements include becoming "Lilleputt" national champion in 1992, 13 years old. Further, he became Norwegian "Kadett" champion in 1995, and Norwegian junior champion in 1998.^[7]

References

1. "Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal". FIDE. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
2. Bryhn, Rolf. "sjakk – Norske internasjonale mestere" [chess - Norwegian international champions]. In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
3. Bryhn, Rolf. "sjakk – Norske stormestere" [chess - Norwegian grandmasters]. In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 September 2016. Torbjørn R. Hansen 2015
4. Agdestein, Simen (2005). Sjakkvidunder [Chess wonders] (in Norwegian). Kom forlag. pp. 16–18. ISBN 82-92496-21-1.
5. Danielsen, Arne (2010). Mesteren. Magnus Carlsen og sjakkspillet [The Master. Magnus Carlsen and the game of chess] (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen Damm. pp. 54–57. ISBN 978-82-02-33754-4.
6. "Title Applications". FIDE. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
7. "Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen". sjakknytt.no. Retrieved 6 April 2023.