The legendary, Hikaru Nakamura | BARATHEON 7 - LEIBNIZ
Known for his Aggressive playstyle, being
one of the few Super Grandmasters, having
no weaknesses and being the best player in
the world.
by 7 – LEIBNIZ BARATHEON on March 29, 2023
American to beat an International Master
when he defeated Jay Bonin at the Marshall
Chess Club. And also, at age of 10,
Nakamura became the youngest player to
achieve the title of chess master form the
United Chess Federation. and begun to play
chess when in 2003, at age of 15 years old
he earned the grandmaster title and
becoming the youngest American
Grandmaster and Beating the record of
The amazing American chess Bobby Fischer by three months, (Robert
grandmaster, Twitch streamer, five-time Bobby Fischer is an American chess
United States chess campion, standing on Grandmaster and the eleventh World chess
champion).
an IQ of 102 and $50 million of net
worth, Hikaru Nakamura, 5th on the Nakamura’s Game
world chess ranking. Get to know his story
and journey as a chess player throughout Statistics
time.
Name: Hikaru Nakamura
Biography
Total Games: 3221
Hikaru Nakamura is a chess Grandmaster
Wins: 1287 (39.96 %)
from America. His real name is Christopher
Hikaru Nakamura born in December 9, Draws:1377 (42.75 %)
1987 in Osaka, Japan
Losses:557 (17.29 %)
His family move to United States when he
was just two years old. He begun to play Nakamura’s History in
chess when he was raised in White Plains,
New York and begun to play chess when he
Chess
was 7 years old and he was coached by his In 2003, Hikaru Nakamura participated in
stepfather Sri Lankan and author Sunil his first U.S. Championship tournament,
Weeramantry. He begun to play chess when scoring a +3 -1 =5 in the event, which was
at the age of 10, he become the young won by GM Alexander Shabalov. In January
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The legendary, Hikaru Nakamura | BARATHEON 7 - LEIBNIZ
2004, Nakamura played in Group B at the Anand and Magnus Carlsen). Nakamura
Corus tournament and finished fourth with a only scored two draws and a loss against
plus score on his way to crack the 2600 them.
rating threshold in June. By October, he was
Also, a contender for Nakamura’s best-ever
in the world’s top 100 for the first time.
event, is his joint first-place finish at
He achieved the 2600 mark during FIDE’s Khanty-Mansiysk in May 2015 (achieved
2004 knockout tournament to determine its with a +2 -0 =9 score). It was the final event
champion. As the 83rd seed, Nakamura of the 2014-15 FIDE Grand Prix, after his
defeated higher-rated opponents GMs Sergei performance at Khanty-Mansiysk,
Volkov, Aleksej Aleksandrov, and Alexander Nakamura achieved the coveted 2800 rating
Lastin to become one of the last 16 players. on the June 2015 FIDE rating list with 2802
In that round, he fell to third seed and after years of flirting with the mark.
eventual finalist Michael Adams, who
In 2016 Hikaru played in the second-most
entered the tournament with a 150-point
decisive game at the Candidates tournament
rating advantage.
in March of the following year but scored
In 2005, along with GM Alexander just +3 -3 =8 to finish 1½ points behind GM
Stripunsky, Nakamura topped a 64-player Sergei Karjakin.
field for his first U.S. championship with a
The 42nd Chess Olympiad would be held
+5 -0 =4 score. American chess was not at
later the same year in September, when
its best in 2005, but this was a competitive
Nakamura played second board for the
field that included several strong players,
United States. Among second board players,
most notably GM Gata Kamsky. And at just
only Kramnik had a stronger rating entering
17 years old, Hikaru Nakamura was not yet
the Olympiad. Nakamura scored +5 -1 =5 in
near a finished product.
the event to help the Americans win the
Nakamura won his second U.S. competition for the first time since 1976.
Championship in 2009 against a similar
The U.S. championship has been an
field, one which also included Kamsky. He
incredibly strong event ever since So and
had joined the 2700 rating club the year
Caruana began playing in it in 2015 and
before, in October 2008.
2016.Nakamura used the Dutch Defense to
The crowning achievement so far of defeat Jeffery Xiong with the black pieces in
Nakamura’s career may be his performance the final round, while Caruana and
at Wijk Aan Zee in 2011. He won with a Dominguez could only draw their games. As
score of +6 -1 =6 score, clearing a field that a result, Nakamura’s +5 -0 =6 score was
included world champions past, present, and enough to beat Caruana and Dominguez by
future (Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan a half point each.
Remember, Hikaru Nakamura once said;
“The single most important thing in life is to believe in yourself regardless of what everyone else says.”
