Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen (born 1 March 1979 in Røyken) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster.

[3] Hansen was the first coach of later World Champion Magnus Carlsen, from 2000 to 2001, when Hansen served a one-year alternative civilian service programme at the Norwegian College of Elite Sport.

[4] Carlsen was nine years old at the time, and trained chess in a group along with two other children, organized by Hansen.

[1] From 2009 to 2013 he was running the chess company Sjakkhuset, along with Silje Bjerke and Torstein Bae [no].

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