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 
101
Nesterov, Arseniy
2599
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-143New York30 Dec 2024board
102
Nakamura, Hikaru
2755
Niemann, Hans Moke
26180-190New York28 Dec 2024board
103
Deac, Bogdan Daniel
2635
Nakamura, Hikaru
27551/2-1/255New York28 Dec 2024board
104
Nakamura, Hikaru
2755
Dardha, Daniel
25541-036New York28 Dec 2024board
105
Jacobson, Brandon
2459
Nakamura, Hikaru
27551-047New York28 Dec 2024board
106
Nakamura, Hikaru
2755
Murzin, Volodar
25880-160New York27 Dec 2024board
107
Shankland, Samuel L
2618
Nakamura, Hikaru
27550-141New York27 Dec 2024board
108
Nakamura, Hikaru
2755
Sevian, Samuel
26141/2-1/230New York27 Dec 2024board
109
Sindarov, Javokhir
2655
Nakamura, Hikaru
27551/2-1/221New York27 Dec 2024board
110
Nakamura, Hikaru
2755
Andriasian, Zaven
26241-042New York26 Dec 2024board
111
Moroni, Luca Jr
2525
Nakamura, Hikaru
27550-174New York26 Dec 2024board
112
Nakamura, Hikaru
2755
Donchenko, Alexander
25781/2-1/2128New York26 Dec 2024board
113
Smirnov, Mark1
2045
Nakamura, Hikaru
27550-135New York26 Dec 2024board
114
Nakamura, Hikaru
2755
Jumabayev, Rinat
25031/2-1/257New York26 Dec 2024board
115
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Giri, Anish
27281/2-1/252London11 Oct 2024board
116
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime
2735
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-151London10 Oct 2024board
117
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Carlsen, Magnus
28311/2-1/248London9 Oct 2024board
118
Firouzja, Alireza
2767
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-168London8 Oct 2024board
119
Anand, Viswanathan
2751
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/241London7 Oct 2024board
120
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Anand, Viswanathan
27511-058London6 Oct 2024board
121
Carlsen, Magnus
2831
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/257London6 Oct 2024board
122
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Firouzja, Alireza
27670-155London5 Oct 2024board
123
Giri, Anish
2728
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/224London4 Oct 2024board
124
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime
27351/2-1/258London3 Oct 2024board
125
Shimanov, Aleksandr
2582
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-155Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
126
Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo
2607
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021-054Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
127
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Firouzja, Alireza
27670-138Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
128
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Terry, Renato
25081-082Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
129
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Lazavik, Denis
25781-036Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
130
Carlsen, Magnus
2832
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/258Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
131
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Dubov, Daniil
26931/2-1/233Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
132
Xiong, Jeffery
2646
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021-075Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
133
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Paravyan, David
26201-045Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
134
Esipenko, Andrey
2677
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-144Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
135
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Yoo, Christopher Woojin
26031-044Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
136
Hakobyan, Aram
2617
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-131Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
137
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Aravindh, Chithambaram VR
26981-038Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
138
Aravindh, Chithambaram VR
2698
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-132Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
139
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Khlebovich, Alexander
24231-026Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
140
Bardyk, Artem
2278
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-139Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
141
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Kobalia, Mihail
25431-047Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
142
Pyrig, Roman
2414
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-127Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
143
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Ghevondyan, Arman
22161-053Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
144
Dann, Matthias
2458
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-125Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
145
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Stamatiou, Rodolfos
23081-032Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
146
Stevik, Patrik1
2254
Nakamura, Hikaru
28020-137Chess,com INT17 Sep 2024board
147
Niemann, Hans Moke
2733
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021-0100Paris7 Sep 2024board
148
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Niemann, Hans Moke
27331-036Paris7 Sep 2024board
149
Niemann, Hans Moke
2733
Nakamura, Hikaru
28021/2-1/264Paris7 Sep 2024board
150
Nakamura, Hikaru
2802
Niemann, Hans Moke
27331-046Paris7 Sep 2024board