| Hans Tikkanen | |
| Birthname: | Hans Christian Tikkanen |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Birth Date: | 6 February 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Karlstad, Sweden |
| Grandmaster (2010) | |
| Peakrating: | 2596 (July 2011) |
| Fideid: | 1706446 |
Hans Christian Tikkanen (born 6 February 1985 in Karlstad) is a Swedish chess grandmaster.[1] He is a five-time Swedish Chess Champion.
He won the Swedish Junior Chess Championship in 2002.[2] In 2010 he won the Lithuanian University of Agriculture Cup in Kaunas[3] and tied for 3rd–6th with Sarunas Sulskis, Tiger Hillarp Persson and Kaido Kulaots at Borup.[4] In 2012, he came second in the Group C of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee,[5] and shared first place with Slavko Cicak and Emanuel Berg at the Västerås Open.[6] He played for Sweden in the European Team Chess Championships of 2005 (in team 3), 2011 and 2013[7]
In the January 2012 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2549, making him Sweden's seventh highest ranked player.
Tikkanen is co-author with Axel Smith of the chess training book The Woodpecker Method (Quality Chess, 2018).
Tikkanen played besides his chess career, active football in the Swedish Division 5 Sydvästra B club Hallands Nations FF.[8]
Tikkanen is of Finnish descent through his Finnish-born father.[9]