| Hans Tikkanen | |
|---|---|
 Hans Tikkanen, 2016 | |
| Full name | Hans Christian Tikkanen |
| Country | Sweden |
| Born | 6 February 1985 Karlstad, Sweden |
| Title | Grandmaster (2010) |
| FIDE rating | 2483 (January 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2596 (July 2011) |
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]
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