{{Short description|Norwegian chess grandmaster (born 1979)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox chess biography | image = Torbjorn Ringdal Hansen at 2017 Andorra open.jpg | alt = | caption = Hansen at the 2017 Andorra open | country = Norway | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|3|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Røyken, Norway | death_date = | death_place = | title = Grandmaster (2015) | rating = | peakrating = 2501 (May 2015) | FideID = 1501720 }}
'''Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen''' (born 1 March 1979 in Røyken) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster.<ref name=FideProfile>{{cite web |title=Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal |url=http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=1501720 |publisher=FIDE |access-date=15 September 2016}}</ref> right|thumb|upright|Hansen in 2007 He achieved the title International Master in 2008,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=sjakk – Norske internasjonale mestere |trans-title=chess - Norwegian international champions |first=Rolf |last=Bryhn |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal |editor-first=Anne Marit |editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/sjakk_-_Norske_internasjonale_mestere |language=no |access-date=15 September 2016}}</ref> and was awarded the Grandmaster title in 2015.<ref name="snl.no">{{cite encyclopedia |title=sjakk – Norske stormestere |trans-title=chess - Norwegian grandmasters |first=Rolf |last=Bryhn |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal |editor-first=Anne Marit |editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/sjakk_-_Norske_stormestere |language=no |access-date=15 September 2016 |quote=Torbjørn R. Hansen 2015}}</ref> ==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.<ref name=Agdestein2005>{{cite book |author-link=Simen Agdestein |first=Simen |last=Agdestein |title=Sjakkvidunder |trans-title=Chess wonders |year=2005 |publisher=Kom forlag |pages=16–18 |language=no |isbn=82-92496-21-1}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Danielsen |first=Arne |title=Mesteren. Magnus Carlsen og sjakkspillet |trans-title=The Master. Magnus Carlsen and the game of chess |year=2010 |publisher=Cappelen Damm |location=Oslo |pages=54–57 |language=no |isbn=978-82-02-33754-4}}</ref>
Hansen achieved his first Grandmaster norm in the 2003/04 Rilton Cup in Stockholm,<ref name=Agdestein2005/> with subsequent norms in the Norwegian Premier League in 2007/08 and in Almeria in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Title Applications |url=http://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=1501720&title=GM&pb=30 |publisher=FIDE |access-date=15 September 2016}}</ref> He was designated IM in 2008 and GM in 2015.<ref name=FideProfile/>
From 2009 to 2013 he was running the chess company Sjakkhuset, along with Silje Bjerke and {{ill|Torstein Bae|no}}.<ref name=sjakknytt/>
==Early and personal life== Hansen was born on 1 March 1979.<ref name=sjakknytt/> 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.<ref name=sjakknytt>{{cite web |title=Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen |url=https://www.sjakknytt.no/sjakkinformasjon/norske-stormestre/torbjorn-ringdal-hansen/ |website=sjakknytt.no |access-date=6 April 2023}}</ref>
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