Nakamura, HikaruAge 37


Source: zurich-cc.com

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2807.0
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 #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:
3535
Wins:
1522 (43%)
Losses:
610 (17%)
Draws:
1403 (40%)
Total score:
63%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2773
White:
A45 Amazon Attack (39 games)
A01 Nimzo-Larsen Attack (33 games)
A07 Hungarian Opening (29 games)
Black:
C67 Ruy Lopez (77 games)
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (69 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 
51
Keymer, Vincent
2649
Nakamura, Hikaru
27341-067Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
52
Nakamura, Hikaru
2734
Praggnanandhaa R
26841/2-1/240Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
53
Nakamura, Hikaru
2734
Caruana, Fabiano
27561/2-1/225Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
54
Gukesh D
2654
Nakamura, Hikaru
27340-138Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
55
Nakamura, Hikaru
2734
Carlsen, Magnus
28190-153Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
56
Erigaisi Arjun
2708
Nakamura, Hikaru
27340-148Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
57
Nakamura, Hikaru
2734
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
26501-059Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
58
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
2745
Nakamura, Hikaru
27341/2-1/277Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
59
Nakamura, Hikaru
2734
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27580-144Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
60
Antipov, Mikhail Al
2571
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-153Saint Louis24 Mar 2025board
61
Sevian, Samuel
2692
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021-038Saint Louis24 Mar 2025board
62
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Aronian, Levon
27481-053Saint Louis24 Mar 2025board
63
Robson, Ray
2689
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-149Saint Louis24 Mar 2025board
64
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Aryan, Chopra
26201-053Saint Louis24 Mar 2025board
65
So, Wesley
2748
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/264Saint Louis24 Mar 2025board
66
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Nyzhnyk, Illya
25691-026Saint Louis24 Mar 2025board
67
Mishra, Abhimanyu
2600
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-136Saint Louis24 Mar 2025board
68
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Yip, Carissa
24081-040Saint Louis24 Mar 2025board
69
Caruana, Fabiano
2783
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/238Saint Louis23 Mar 2025board
70
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Caruana, Fabiano
27831-051Saint Louis22 Mar 2025board
71
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Caruana, Fabiano
27831/2-1/279Saint Louis20 Mar 2025board
72
Caruana, Fabiano
2783
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-140Saint Louis20 Mar 2025board
73
Caruana, Fabiano
2783
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/250Saint Louis20 Mar 2025board
74
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Caruana, Fabiano
27831/2-1/218Saint Louis19 Mar 2025board
75
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
2741
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-172Saint Louis18 Mar 2025board
76
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
27411/2-1/253Saint Louis18 Mar 2025board
77
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Mishra, Abhimanyu
26001-050Saint Louis17 Mar 2025board
78
Mishra, Abhimanyu
2600
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/232Saint Louis17 Mar 2025board
79
Mishra, Abhimanyu
2600
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-148Saint Louis17 Mar 2025board
80
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Mishra, Abhimanyu
26000-164Saint Louis17 Mar 2025board
81
Mishra, Abhimanyu
2600
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/249Saint Louis17 Mar 2025board
82
Nakamura, Hikaru
2838
Mishra, Abhimanyu
24921-050Saint Louis16 Mar 2025board
83
Mishra, Abhimanyu
2492
Nakamura, Hikaru
28381/2-1/232Saint Louis16 Mar 2025board
84
Mishra, Abhimanyu
2492
Nakamura, Hikaru
28380-148Saint Louis16 Mar 2025board
85
Nakamura, Hikaru
2838
Mishra, Abhimanyu
24920-164Saint Louis16 Mar 2025board
86
Mishra, Abhimanyu
2600
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/249Saint Louis16 Mar 2025board
87
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Mishra, Abhimanyu
26001/2-1/294Saint Louis15 Mar 2025board
88
Aronian, Levon
2748
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021-043Saint Louis6 Mar 2025board
89
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Aronian, Levon
27481/2-1/255Saint Louis6 Mar 2025board
90
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Aronian, Levon
27481-050Saint Louis6 Mar 2025board
91
Robson, Ray
2689
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/239Saint Louis5 Mar 2025board
92
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Robson, Ray
26891-052Saint Louis5 Mar 2025board
93
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Robson, Ray
26891/2-1/282Saint Louis5 Mar 2025board
94
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Caruana, Fabiano
27830-163Saint Louis4 Mar 2025board
95
Caruana, Fabiano
2783
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/254Saint Louis4 Mar 2025board
96
Caruana, Fabiano
2783
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/267Saint Louis4 Mar 2025board
97
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Bluebaum, Matthias
26501-051New York30 Dec 2024board
98
Andriasian, Zaven
2554
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-155New York30 Dec 2024board
99
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Le, Tuan Minh
25980-167New York30 Dec 2024board
100
Lazavik, Denis
2578
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/243New York30 Dec 2024board