Hans Christian Tikkanen (born 6 February 1985 in

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) is a Swedish

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grandmaster. He is a five-time

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Chess career

He won the Swedish Junior Chess Championship in 2002. In 2010 he won the Lithuanian University of Agriculture Cup in

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and tied for 3rd–6th with Sarunas Sulskis,

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and Kaido Kulaots at Borup. In 2012, he came second in the Group C of the

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in Wijk aan Zee, and shared first place with

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and

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at the

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Open. He played for Sweden in the

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s of 2005 (in team 3), 2011 and 2013 In the January 2012 FIDE list, he had an

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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'' (

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, 2018).

Football career

Tikkanen played besides his chess career, active football in the Swedish Division 5 Sydvästra B club Hallands Nations FF.

Personal life

Tikkanen is of Finnish descent through his Finnish-born father.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tikkanen, Hans 1985 births Living people Chess grandmasters Swedish chess players People from Karlstad Swedish people of Finnish descent