Sune Berg Hansen Explained

Sune Berg Hansen
Country:Denmark
Birth Place:Gentofte, Denmark
Grandmaster (1998)
Peakrating:2603 (November 2010)
Fideid:1400266

Sune Berg Hansen (born 21 April 1971) is a Danish chess grandmaster. He is a seven-time Danish Chess Champion.

Chess career

Hansen earned his international master title in 1993 and his grandmaster title in 1998. He has won the Danish Chess Championship on seven occasions: in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 and 2015. He has competed in eight Chess Olympiads: in 1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012 and 2016. He has also competed in six European Team Chess Championships: in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015. As of September 2017, he has a rating of 2580, which makes him the No. 3 ranked Danish player.[1]

Personal life

Born in Gentofte, Hansen holds a cand.polit. from the University of Copenhagen and has been a professional poker player since 2005. He is also a day trader and writes a chess and poker column for the Danish newspaper Politiken.[2] He founded the Danish PokerNet website, which was acquired by the RakeTech Group in 2017.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: September 2017 . Federations Ranking - Denmark . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190517002303/http://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?ina=1&country=DEN . 2019-05-17 . 2017-09-27 . FIDE.
  2. News: 26 October 2015. Skakkonge sætter markedet til vægs. Af Mads. Gravesen. Dagbladet Børsen. 5. Danish.
  3. Web site: Menmuir . Ted . May 24, 2017 . RakeTech strengthens Danish arm with Pokernet.dk and Odds.dk acquisitions . 2024-03-30 . SBCNews.uk.