Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Hansen nwetara ụkpụrụ ikpeazụ ya nke Grandmaster na
40th Chess Olympiad, na Istanbul, Turkey, n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ na Septemba 2012, ebe o mere nke mbụ ya na ndị otu mba Canada. Ọ na-egwuri egwu na bọọdụ anọ ma nweta akara 71⁄2/10 isi, na-eme ka ọkwa FIDE ya dị elu site na 25 isi, na-eru 2500 (nke kacha nta maka aha GM). Hansen bụ onye Canada nke abụọ nke na-eto eto iji nweta aha nke Grandmaster, mgbe Mark Bluvshtein, onye mere ya mgbe ọ dị afọ 16 na 2004, na onye Canada nke na-eto eto (n'ihi na Bluvshtein natara usoro ọzụzụ ndị ntorobịa Israel tupu ha akwaga Canada na 1999 mgbe ọ dị afọ 11). FIDE nyere ya aha ahụ na Jenụwarị 2013.