Nakamura, Hikaru Age 37


Source: zurich-cc.com

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2802.0
Live Rank
#2
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
2734 World #10, Peak 2853 (Jun 2019)
Blitz
2838 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:
3471
Wins:
1498 (43%)
Losses:
599 (17%)
Draws:
1374 (40%)
Total score:
63%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2786
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, Hikaru2802Bluebaum, Matthias26501-051New York30 Dec 2024
2Andriasian, Zaven2554Nakamura, Hikaru28020-155New York30 Dec 2024
3Nakamura, Hikaru2802Le, Tuan Minh25980-167New York30 Dec 2024
4Lazavik, Denis2578Nakamura, Hikaru28021/2-1/243New York30 Dec 2024
5Nakamura, Hikaru2802Tang, Andrew25271-032New York30 Dec 2024
6Kevlishvili, Robby2556Nakamura, Hikaru28021/2-1/272New York30 Dec 2024
7Nakamura, Hikaru2802Giri, Anish27331/2-1/263New York30 Dec 2024
8Nakamura, Hikaru2802Gelfand, Boris26571/2-1/274New York30 Dec 2024
9Lu, Shanglei2609Nakamura, Hikaru28021/2-1/253New York30 Dec 2024
10Nakamura, Hikaru2802Ohanyan, Emin25141-041New York30 Dec 2024
11Aravindh, Chithambaram VR2718Nakamura, Hikaru28021-057New York30 Dec 2024
12Nakamura, Hikaru2802Lenderman, Aleksandr24801-045New York30 Dec 2024
13Nesterov, Arseniy2599Nakamura, Hikaru28020-143New York30 Dec 2024
14Nakamura, Hikaru2755Niemann, Hans Moke26180-190New York28 Dec 2024
15Deac, Bogdan Daniel2635Nakamura, Hikaru27551/2-1/255New York28 Dec 2024
16Nakamura, Hikaru2755Dardha, Daniel25541-036New York28 Dec 2024
17Jacobson, Brandon2459Nakamura, Hikaru27551-047New York28 Dec 2024
18Nakamura, Hikaru2755Murzin, Volodar25880-160New York27 Dec 2024
19Shankland, Samuel L2618Nakamura, Hikaru27550-141New York27 Dec 2024
20Nakamura, Hikaru2755Sevian, Samuel26141/2-1/230New York27 Dec 2024
21Sindarov, Javokhir2655Nakamura, Hikaru27551/2-1/221New York27 Dec 2024
22Nakamura, Hikaru2755Andriasian, Zaven26241-042New York26 Dec 2024
23Moroni, Luca Jr2525Nakamura, Hikaru27550-174New York26 Dec 2024
24Nakamura, Hikaru2755Donchenko, Alexander25781/2-1/2128New York26 Dec 2024
25Smirnov, Mark12045Nakamura, Hikaru27550-135New York26 Dec 2024
26Nakamura, Hikaru2755Jumabayev, Rinat25031/2-1/257New York26 Dec 2024
27Nakamura, Hikaru2802Giri, Anish27281/2-1/252London11 Oct 2024
28Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2735Nakamura, Hikaru28020-151London10 Oct 2024
29Nakamura, Hikaru2802Carlsen, Magnus28311/2-1/248London9 Oct 2024
30Firouzja, Alireza2767Nakamura, Hikaru28020-168London8 Oct 2024
31Anand, Viswanathan2751Nakamura, Hikaru28021/2-1/241London7 Oct 2024
32Nakamura, Hikaru2802Anand, Viswanathan27511-058London6 Oct 2024
33Carlsen, Magnus2831Nakamura, Hikaru28021/2-1/257London6 Oct 2024
34Nakamura, Hikaru2802Firouzja, Alireza27670-155London5 Oct 2024
35Giri, Anish2728Nakamura, Hikaru28021/2-1/224London4 Oct 2024
36Nakamura, Hikaru2802Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27351/2-1/258London3 Oct 2024
37Shimanov, Aleksandr2582Nakamura, Hikaru28020-155Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
38Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo2607Nakamura, Hikaru28021-054Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
39Nakamura, Hikaru2802Firouzja, Alireza27670-138Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
40Nakamura, Hikaru2802Terry, Renato25081-082Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
41Nakamura, Hikaru2802Lazavik, Denis25781-036Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
42Carlsen, Magnus2832Nakamura, Hikaru28021/2-1/258Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
43Nakamura, Hikaru2802Dubov, Daniil26931/2-1/233Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
44Xiong, Jeffery2646Nakamura, Hikaru28021-075Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
45Nakamura, Hikaru2802Paravyan, David26201-045Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
46Esipenko, Andrey2677Nakamura, Hikaru28020-144Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
47Nakamura, Hikaru2802Yoo, Christopher Woojin26031-044Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
48Hakobyan, Aram2617Nakamura, Hikaru28020-131Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
49Nakamura, Hikaru2802Aravindh, Chithambaram VR26981-038Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024
50Aravindh, Chithambaram VR2698Nakamura, Hikaru28020-132Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024