Nakamura, HikaruAge 37


Source: zurich-cc.com

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2804.0
Live Rank
#2
FIDE Rating
2804
World Rank
#2
United States of America Rank
#1
FIDE Peak Rating
2816 - Oct 2015 (Age 27)
FIDE Peak Rank
#2 (2816) - Oct 2015 (Age 27)
Rapid
2734 World #10, Peak 2853 (Jun 2019)
Blitz
2837 World #3, Peak 2934 (Mar 2019)
Born
9 Dec 1987
Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
FIDE ID 2016192
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Active Years:
1999 - 2025
Total Games:
3508
Wins:
1514 (43%)
Losses:
604 (17%)
Draws:
1390 (40%)
Total score:
63%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2781
White:
A45 Amazon Attack (39 games)
A01 Nimzo-Larsen Attack (32 games)
A07 Hungarian Opening (29 games)
Black:
C67 Ruy Lopez (77 games)
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (68 games)
C54 Italian Game (60 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 
1
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Carlsen, Magnus
28371/2-1/241Paris, FR14 Apr 2025board
2
Carlsen, Magnus
2837
Nakamura, Hikaru
28041-036Paris, FR13 Apr 2025board
3
Keymer, Vincent
2718
Nakamura, Hikaru
28040-143Paris, FR12 Apr 2025board
4
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Keymer, Vincent
27181/2-1/241Paris, FR11 Apr 2025board
5
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Erigaisi Arjun
27821-062Paris, FR10 Apr 2025board
6
Erigaisi Arjun
2782
Nakamura, Hikaru
28041/2-1/277Paris, FR9 Apr 2025board
7
Rapport, Richard
2709
Nakamura, Hikaru
27340-136Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
8
Nakamura, Hikaru
2734
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
27321/2-1/259Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
9
Keymer, Vincent
2649
Nakamura, Hikaru
27341-067Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
10
Nakamura, Hikaru
2734
Praggnanandhaa R
26841/2-1/240Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
11
Nakamura, Hikaru
2734
Caruana, Fabiano
27561/2-1/225Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
12
Gukesh D
2654
Nakamura, Hikaru
27340-138Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
13
Nakamura, Hikaru
2734
Carlsen, Magnus
28190-153Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
14
Erigaisi Arjun
2708
Nakamura, Hikaru
27340-148Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
15
Nakamura, Hikaru
2734
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
26501-059Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
16
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
2745
Nakamura, Hikaru
27341/2-1/277Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
17
Nakamura, Hikaru
2734
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27580-144Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
18
Antipov, Mikhail Al
2571
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-153Saint Louis24 Mar 2025board
19
Sevian, Samuel
2692
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021-038Saint Louis24 Mar 2025board
20
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Aronian, Levon
27481-053Saint Louis24 Mar 2025board
21
Robson, Ray
2689
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-149Saint Louis24 Mar 2025board
22
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Aryan, Chopra
26201-053Saint Louis24 Mar 2025board
23
So, Wesley
2748
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/264Saint Louis24 Mar 2025board
24
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Nyzhnyk, Illya
25691-026Saint Louis24 Mar 2025board
25
Mishra, Abhimanyu
2600
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-136Saint Louis24 Mar 2025board
26
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Yip, Carissa
24081-040Saint Louis24 Mar 2025board
27
Caruana, Fabiano
2783
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/238Saint Louis23 Mar 2025board
28
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Caruana, Fabiano
27831-051Saint Louis22 Mar 2025board
29
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Caruana, Fabiano
27831/2-1/279Saint Louis20 Mar 2025board
30
Caruana, Fabiano
2783
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-140Saint Louis20 Mar 2025board
31
Caruana, Fabiano
2783
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/250Saint Louis20 Mar 2025board
32
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Caruana, Fabiano
27831/2-1/218Saint Louis19 Mar 2025board
33
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
2741
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-172Saint Louis18 Mar 2025board
34
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
27411/2-1/253Saint Louis18 Mar 2025board
35
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Mishra, Abhimanyu
26001-050Saint Louis17 Mar 2025board
36
Mishra, Abhimanyu
2600
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/232Saint Louis17 Mar 2025board
37
Mishra, Abhimanyu
2600
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-148Saint Louis17 Mar 2025board
38
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Mishra, Abhimanyu
26000-164Saint Louis17 Mar 2025board
39
Mishra, Abhimanyu
2600
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/249Saint Louis17 Mar 2025board
40
Nakamura, Hikaru
2838
Mishra, Abhimanyu
24921-050Saint Louis16 Mar 2025board
41
Mishra, Abhimanyu
2492
Nakamura, Hikaru
28381/2-1/232Saint Louis16 Mar 2025board
42
Mishra, Abhimanyu
2492
Nakamura, Hikaru
28380-148Saint Louis16 Mar 2025board
43
Nakamura, Hikaru
2838
Mishra, Abhimanyu
24920-164Saint Louis16 Mar 2025board
44
Mishra, Abhimanyu
2600
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/249Saint Louis16 Mar 2025board
45
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Mishra, Abhimanyu
26001/2-1/294Saint Louis15 Mar 2025board
46
Aronian, Levon
2748
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021-043Saint Louis6 Mar 2025board
47
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Aronian, Levon
27481/2-1/255Saint Louis6 Mar 2025board
48
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Aronian, Levon
27481-050Saint Louis6 Mar 2025board
49
Robson, Ray
2689
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/239Saint Louis5 Mar 2025board
50
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Robson, Ray
26891-052Saint Louis5 Mar 2025board