Nakamura, Hikaru Age 36

Source: zurich-cc.com

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2802.0
Live Rank
#3
FIDE Rating
2802
World Rank
#3
United States of America Rank
#2
FIDE Peak Rating
2816 - Oct 2015 (Age 27)
FIDE Peak Rank
#2 (2816) - Oct 2015 (Age 27)
Rapid
2755 World #9, Peak 2853 (Jun 2019)
Blitz
2860 World #3, Peak 2934 (Mar 2019)
Born
9 Dec 1987
Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
FIDE ID 2016192
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Active Years:
1999 - 2024
Total Games:
3445
Wins:
1487 (43%)
Losses:
594 (17%)
Draws:
1364 (40%)
Total score:
63%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2806
White:
A45 Amazon Attack (39 games)
A01 Nimzo-Larsen Attack (31 games)
A07 Hungarian Opening (29 games)
Black:
C67 Ruy Lopez (77 games)
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (68 games)
C54 Italian Game (57 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, Hikaru2802Giri, Anish27281/2-1/252London11 Oct 2024
2Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2735Nakamura, Hikaru28020-151London10 Oct 2024
3Nakamura, Hikaru2802Carlsen, Magnus28311/2-1/248London9 Oct 2024
4Firouzja, Alireza2767Nakamura, Hikaru28020-168London8 Oct 2024
5Anand, Viswanathan2751Nakamura, Hikaru28021/2-1/241London7 Oct 2024
6Nakamura, Hikaru2802Anand, Viswanathan27511-058London6 Oct 2024
7Carlsen, Magnus2831Nakamura, Hikaru28021/2-1/257London6 Oct 2024
8Nakamura, Hikaru2802Firouzja, Alireza27670-155London5 Oct 2024
9Giri, Anish2728Nakamura, Hikaru28021/2-1/224London4 Oct 2024
10Nakamura, Hikaru2802Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27351/2-1/258London3 Oct 2024
11Shimanov, Aleksandr2582Nakamura, Hikaru28020-155Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
12Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo2607Nakamura, Hikaru28021-054Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
13Nakamura, Hikaru2802Firouzja, Alireza27670-138Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
14Nakamura, Hikaru2802Terry, Renato25081-082Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
15Nakamura, Hikaru2802Lazavik, Denis25781-036Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
16Carlsen, Magnus2832Nakamura, Hikaru28021/2-1/258Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
17Nakamura, Hikaru2802Dubov, Daniil26931/2-1/233Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
18Xiong, Jeffery2646Nakamura, Hikaru28021-075Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
19Nakamura, Hikaru2802Paravyan, David26201-045Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
20Esipenko, Andrey2677Nakamura, Hikaru28020-144Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
21Nakamura, Hikaru2802Yoo, Christopher Woojin26031-044Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
22Hakobyan, Aram2617Nakamura, Hikaru28020-131Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
23Nakamura, Hikaru2802Aravindh, Chithambaram VR26981-038Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
24Aravindh, Chithambaram VR2698Nakamura, Hikaru28020-132Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
25Nakamura, Hikaru2802Khlebovich, Alexander24231-026Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
26Bardyk, Artem2278Nakamura, Hikaru28020-139Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
27Nakamura, Hikaru2802Kobalia, Mihail25431-047Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
28Pyrig, Roman2414Nakamura, Hikaru28020-127Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
29Nakamura, Hikaru2802Ghevondyan, Arman22161-053Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
30Dann, Matthias2458Nakamura, Hikaru28020-125Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
31Nakamura, Hikaru2802Stamatiou, Rodolfos23081-032Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
32Stevik, Patrik12254Nakamura, Hikaru28020-137Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
33Niemann, Hans Moke2733Nakamura, Hikaru28021-0100Paris7 Sep 2024
34Nakamura, Hikaru2802Niemann, Hans Moke27331-036Paris7 Sep 2024
35Niemann, Hans Moke2733Nakamura, Hikaru28021/2-1/264Paris7 Sep 2024
36Nakamura, Hikaru2802Niemann, Hans Moke27331-046Paris7 Sep 2024
37Niemann, Hans Moke2733Nakamura, Hikaru28021/2-1/272Paris7 Sep 2024
38Nakamura, Hikaru2802Niemann, Hans Moke27331-035Paris7 Sep 2024
39Niemann, Hans Moke2733Nakamura, Hikaru28020-130Paris7 Sep 2024
40Nakamura, Hikaru2802Niemann, Hans Moke27331-032Paris7 Sep 2024
41Niemann, Hans Moke2733Nakamura, Hikaru28020-146Paris7 Sep 2024
42Nakamura, Hikaru2802Niemann, Hans Moke27330-178Paris7 Sep 2024
43Niemann, Hans Moke2733Nakamura, Hikaru28020-136Paris7 Sep 2024
44Nakamura, Hikaru2802Niemann, Hans Moke27331/2-1/265Paris7 Sep 2024
45Niemann, Hans Moke2733Nakamura, Hikaru28021-025Paris7 Sep 2024
46Nakamura, Hikaru2802Niemann, Hans Moke27331-090Paris7 Sep 2024
47Niemann, Hans Moke2733Nakamura, Hikaru28020-131Paris7 Sep 2024
48Nakamura, Hikaru2802Niemann, Hans Moke27331-029Paris7 Sep 2024
49Niemann, Hans Moke2733Nakamura, Hikaru28020-191Paris7 Sep 2024
50Nakamura, Hikaru2802Niemann, Hans Moke27331-077Paris7 Sep 2024
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