Nakamura, Hikaru Age 36

Source: zurich-cc.com

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2788.0
Live Rank
#3
FIDE Rating
2788
World Rank
#3
United States Rank
#2
FIDE Peak Rating
2816 - Oct 2015 (Age 27)
FIDE Peak Rank
#2 (2816) - Oct 2015 (Age 27)
Rapid
2731 World #14, Peak 2853 (Jun 2019)
Blitz
2874 World #2, Peak 2934 (Mar 2019)
Born
09 Dec 1987
Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
FIDE ID 2016192
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Active Years:
1999 - 2023
Total Games:
3290
Wins:
1419 (43%)
Losses:
558 (17%)
Draws:
1313 (40%)
Total score:
63%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2780
White:
A45 Amazon Attack (39 games)
A01 Nimzo-Larsen Attack (29 games)
A07 Hungarian Opening (28 games)
Black:
C67 Ruy Lopez (76 games)
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (68 games)
C54 Italian Game (50 games)

Grandmaster in 2003 at the age of 15 years 2 months and 19 days, the youngest ever US grandmaster at the time until overtaken by Fabio Caruana and Ray Robson respectively.

World U14 Champion 2001; US Champion 2004, 2009, 2012 & 2015; world's top bullet chess exponent.

Contested the FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament in 2004, and the World Cups of 2013 and 2014. Also contested the Grand Prix Series of 2012-13 and 2014-15, placing second in the latter and qualifying for the Candidates Tournament of 2016.

Notable tournament wins include Gibraltar 2008, 2015 & 2016, Tata Steel 2011, Unive 2012 (Crown Group), Millionaire Chess 2015.

Represented the US at the Olympiad of 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 & 2014. Also represented the US at the World Team Championships of 2010 & 2013, winning individual gold and team silver in 2010, and individual silver in 2013. Won individual bronzes playing top board for Italian club Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova at the European Club Cup in 2013 & 2014.

The world's top exponent of rapid and blitz chess after Carlsen, at one stage achieving a blitz rating of over 2900. Best wins include Corsica Masters 2007, Cape D'Agde 2008, BNbank Blitz 2009, London Chess Classic (Knockout) 2013 and the Zurich Chess Challenge 2016.

Has ranked as high as world #2 in standard chess, world #1 in both rapid and blitz chess.

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Games

#White PlayerRatingBlack PlayerRatingResultMovesSiteDate 
1Nakamura, Hikaru2731Carlsen, Magnus28181/2-1/231Toronto10 Dec 2023
2Carlsen, Magnus2818Nakamura, Hikaru27311/2-1/235Toronto10 Dec 2023
3Firouzja, Alireza2737Nakamura, Hikaru27310-144Toronto10 Dec 2023
4Nakamura, Hikaru2731Firouzja, Alireza27371-052Toronto10 Dec 2023
5Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2767Nakamura, Hikaru27311/2-1/217Toronto9 Dec 2023
6Nakamura, Hikaru2731Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27671/2-1/269Toronto9 Dec 2023
7So, Wesley2737Nakamura, Hikaru27311/2-1/245Toronto9 Dec 2023
8Nakamura, Hikaru2731So, Wesley27370-174Toronto9 Dec 2023
9Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2712Nakamura, Hikaru27801/2-1/239Douglas5 Nov 2023
10Nakamura, Hikaru2780Caruana, Fabiano27861-040Douglas4 Nov 2023
11Nakamura, Hikaru2780Cheparinov, Ivan26581-061Douglas3 Nov 2023
12Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi2716Nakamura, Hikaru27801/2-1/215Douglas2 Nov 2023
13Nakamura, Hikaru2780Predke, Alexandr26561/2-1/253Douglas1 Nov 2023
14Esipenko, Andrey2683Nakamura, Hikaru27801/2-1/227Douglas30 Oct 2023
15Nakamura, Hikaru2780Sarana, Alexey26821-070Douglas29 Oct 2023
16Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin2685Nakamura, Hikaru27800-144Douglas28 Oct 2023
17Nakamura, Hikaru2780Aryan, Chopra26341-049Douglas27 Oct 2023
18Sadhwani, Raunak2641Nakamura, Hikaru27801/2-1/225Douglas26 Oct 2023
19Nakamura, Hikaru2780Svane, Rasmus26461/2-1/247Douglas25 Oct 2023
20Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna2651Nakamura, Hikaru27801/2-1/239Doha20 Oct 2023
21Nakamura, Hikaru2780Pranav, V.25791-039Doha19 Oct 2023
22Maghsoodloo, Parham2707Nakamura, Hikaru27801/2-1/230Doha18 Oct 2023
23Nakamura, Hikaru2780Paravyan, David25991/2-1/238Doha17 Oct 2023
24Sindarov, Javokhir2658Nakamura, Hikaru27801/2-1/230Doha15 Oct 2023
25Nakamura, Hikaru2780Kevlishvili, Robby25211-050Doha14 Oct 2023
26Vokhidov, Shamsiddin2578Nakamura, Hikaru27801/2-1/238Doha13 Oct 2023
27Nakamura, Hikaru2780Dai, Changren25071-045Doha12 Oct 2023
28Vantika, Agrawal2435Nakamura, Hikaru27800-162Doha11 Oct 2023
29Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2690Nakamura, Hikaru27871-041Baku11 Aug 2023
30Nakamura, Hikaru2787Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu26900-133Baku11 Aug 2023
31Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2690Nakamura, Hikaru27871/2-1/242Baku10 Aug 2023
32Nakamura, Hikaru2787Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu26901/2-1/246Baku9 Aug 2023
33Nakamura, Hikaru2787Gledura, Benjamin26451-039Baku6 Aug 2023
34Gledura, Benjamin2645Nakamura, Hikaru27871/2-1/233Baku5 Aug 2023
35Karthik, Venkataraman2565Nakamura, Hikaru27870-150Baku4 Aug 2023
36Nakamura, Hikaru2787Karthik, Venkataraman25651/2-1/2144Baku4 Aug 2023
37Karthik, Venkataraman2565Nakamura, Hikaru27871/2-1/232Baku3 Aug 2023
38Nakamura, Hikaru2787Karthik, Venkataraman25651/2-1/263Baku2 Aug 2023
39Nakamura, Hikaru2775Caruana, Fabiano27641-055Stavanger9 Jun 2023
40Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2731Nakamura, Hikaru27751-036Stavanger 8 Jun 2023
41Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2731Nakamura, Hikaru27751/2-1/255Stavanger8 Jun 2023
42Nakamura, Hikaru2775Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar27381-068Stavanger 6 Jun 2023
43Nakamura, Hikaru2775Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar27381/2-1/228Stavanger6 Jun 2023
44Firouzja, Alireza2785Nakamura, Hikaru27750-143Stavanger 5 Jun 2023
45Firouzja, Alireza2785Nakamura, Hikaru27751/2-1/238Stavanger5 Jun 2023
46Nakamura, Hikaru2775Tari, Aryan26421-042Stavanger4 Jun 2023
47Giri, Anish2768Nakamura, Hikaru27750-170Stavanger 3 Jun 2023
48Giri, Anish2768Nakamura, Hikaru27751/2-1/240Stavanger3 Jun 2023
49Nakamura, Hikaru2775Carlsen, Magnus28530-140Stavanger 1 Jun 2023
50Nakamura, Hikaru2775Carlsen, Magnus28531/2-1/231Stavanger1 Jun 2023
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