Nakamura, HikaruAge 37


Source: zurich-cc.com

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2807.0
Live Rank
#2
FIDE Rating
2807
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
2738 World #10, Peak 2853 (Jun 2019)
Blitz
2838 World #2, Peak 2934 (Mar 2019)
Born
9 Dec 1987
Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
FIDE ID 2016192
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Active Years:
1999 - 2025
Total Games:
3569
Wins:
1541 (43%)
Losses:
614 (17%)
Draws:
1414 (40%)
Total score:
63%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2778
White:
A45 Amazon Attack (39 games)
A01 Nimzo-Larsen Attack (33 games)
A07 Hungarian Opening (32 games)
Black:
C67 Ruy Lopez (78 games)
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (70 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
Esipenko, Andrey
26891-057London15 Jun 2025board
2
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Rapport, Richard
27141-044London15 Jun 2025board
3
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2720
Nakamura, Hikaru
28041/2-1/238London15 Jun 2025board
4
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Giri, Anish
27481-063London15 Jun 2025board
5
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Bluebaum, Matthias
26631/2-1/230London15 Jun 2025board
6
Bluebaum, Matthias
2663
Nakamura, Hikaru
28041/2-1/233London15 Jun 2025board
7
Bluebaum, Matthias
2663
Nakamura, Hikaru
28041-049London15 Jun 2025board
8
Vitiugov, Nikita
2671
Nakamura, Hikaru
28040-154London15 Jun 2025board
9
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Vitiugov, Nikita
26711-051London15 Jun 2025board
10
Sava, Robert Gabriel
2121
Nakamura, Hikaru
28040-168London14 Jun 2025board
11
Reimanis, Ritvars
2355
Nakamura, Hikaru
28040-141London14 Jun 2025board
12
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Ahmad, Khagan
23940-1112London14 Jun 2025board
13
Van Foreest, Jorden
2687
Nakamura, Hikaru
28040-134London14 Jun 2025board
14
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Short, Nigel D
25871-063London14 Jun 2025board
15
Moiseenko, Alexander
2568
Nakamura, Hikaru
28040-154London14 Jun 2025board
16
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Jacobsen, Mikkel Manosri
22231-042London14 Jun 2025board
17
Nakamura, Hikaru
2734
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam
26411/2-1/230London13 Jun 2025board
18
Svane, Frederik
2476
Nakamura, Hikaru
27340-167London13 Jun 2025board
19
Nakamura, Hikaru
2734
Erdos, Viktor
25251-048London13 Jun 2025board
20
Nakamura, Hikaru
2734
Moussard, Jules
26091-089London13 Jun 2025board
21
Agmanov, Zhandos
2388
Nakamura, Hikaru
27340-137London12 Jun 2025board
22
Nakamura, Hikaru
2734
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
27081/2-1/237London12 Jun 2025board
23
Nakamura, Hikaru
2734
Harikrishna, Pentala
26341/2-1/269London12 Jun 2025board
24
Nakamura, Hikaru
2734
Adams, Michael
26281-045London12 Jun 2025board
25
Eljanov, Pavel
2614
Nakamura, Hikaru
27341/2-1/274London11 Jun 2025board
26
Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan
2384
Nakamura, Hikaru
27341/2-1/214London11 Jun 2025board
27
Nakamura, Hikaru
2734
Dishman, Stephen
22661-061London11 Jun 2025board
28
Wei, Yi
2758
Nakamura, Hikaru
28041-034Stavanger6 Jun 2025board
29
Wei, Yi
2758
Nakamura, Hikaru
28041/2-1/238Stavanger6 Jun 2025board
30
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Erigaisi Arjun
27821-048Stavanger5 Jun 2025board
31
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar
27821/2-1/223Stavanger5 Jun 2025board
32
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Gukesh, Dommaraju
27871-050Stavanger3 Jun 2025board
33
Carlsen, Magnus
2837
Nakamura, Hikaru
28041-040Stavanger2 Jun 2025board
34
Carlsen, Magnus
2837
Nakamura, Hikaru
28041/2-1/221Stavanger2 Jun 2025board
35
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Caruana, Fabiano
27771/2-1/264Stavanger1 Jun 2025board
36
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Caruana, Fabiano
27761/2-1/231Stavanger1 Jun 2025board
37
Erigaisi Arjun
2782
Nakamura, Hikaru
28041-048Stavanger31 May 2025board
38
Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar
2782
Nakamura, Hikaru
28041/2-1/276Stavanger31 May 2025board
39
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Wei, Yi
27581/2-1/252Stavanger29 May 2025board
40
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Wei, Yi
27581/2-1/257Stavanger29 May 2025board
41
Gukesh, Dommaraju
2787
Nakamura, Hikaru
28041-042Stavanger28 May 2025board
42
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Carlsen, Magnus
28371-044Stavanger27 May 2025board
43
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Carlsen, Magnus
28371/2-1/234Stavanger27 May 2025board
44
Caruana, Fabiano
2776
Nakamura, Hikaru
28040-178Stavanger26 May 2025board
45
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Carlsen, Magnus
28371/2-1/241Paris, FR14 Apr 2025board
46
Carlsen, Magnus
2837
Nakamura, Hikaru
28041-036Paris, FR13 Apr 2025board
47
Keymer, Vincent
2718
Nakamura, Hikaru
28040-143Paris, FR12 Apr 2025board
48
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Keymer, Vincent
27181/2-1/241Paris, FR11 Apr 2025board
49
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Erigaisi Arjun
27821-062Paris, FR10 Apr 2025board
50
Erigaisi Arjun
2782
Nakamura, Hikaru
28041/2-1/277Paris, FR9 Apr 2025board