Sune Berg Hansen

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

Sune Berg Hansen
Sune Berg Hansen, 2007
CountryDenmark
Born21 April 1971 (1971-04-21) (age 49)
Gentofte, Denmark
TitleGrandmaster (1998)
FIDE rating2552 (June 2020)
Peak rating2603 (November 2010)

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]

References
  1. Staff writer(s) (September 2017). "Federations Ranking - Denmark". FIDE.
  2. Gravesen, Af Mads (26 October 2015). "Skakkonge sætter markedet til vægs". Dagbladet Børsen (in Danish). p. 5.
  3. "RakeTech strengthens Danish arm with Pokernet.dk and Odds.dk acquisitions".


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