Ku sii wad qodobkan - Hansen wuxuu gaadhay heerkiisa ugu dambeeya ee Grandmaster ee Olombikada 40aad ee Chess
, ee Istanbul, Turkiga, bishii Agoosto ilaa Sebtember 2012, halkaas oo uu ku soo biiray xulka qaranka Kanada. Wuxuu ku ciyaaray afar loox wuxuuna dhaliyay 71⁄2/10 dhibcood, isagoo sare u qaaday qiimeyntiisa FIDE 25 dhibcood, isagoo gaadhay 2500 (ugu yaraan cinwaanka GM). Hansen waa Kanadiyihii labaad ee ugu da'da yaraa ee ku guuleysta horyaalka Grandmaster, ka dib Mark Bluvshtein, oo sidaas sameeyay isagoo 16 jir ah sanadkii 2004, iyo kan ugu da'da yar ee reer Kanada ah (maxaa yeelay Bluvshtein wuxuu helay nidaamyada tababarka shaashadda ee dhalinyarada reer Israel ka hor inta uusan u haajirin Kanada sanadkii 1999 isagoo 11 jir ah). FIDE ayaa ku abaal marisay horyaalka Janaayo 2013.