Hikaru Nakamura was conceived December 9, 1987 in Hirakata, Japan. His family moved to the US when he was only two years of age, and the Stars and Stripes are the main public flag he has known as a chess player.
Nakamura has been one of the world’s top players for well more than 10 years. He was obviously the top American player for a lot of that time and is currently a vital supporter of one of the most grounded chess scenes on the planet.
He is a five-time U.S. champion, asserting the title in 2005, 2009, 2012, 2015, and 2019. Nakamura was likewise a member in FIDE’s 2004 Big showdown competition and a contender for the big showdown in both 2016 and 2022, meeting all requirements for a third in 2024. He was additionally the 2022 Fischer Irregular Title holder.
Nakamura turned into a public expert (USCF) in 1998, a global expert in 2001, and grandmaster in 2003. At that point, he was the most youthful American grandmaster since Fischer.
In 2003 he partook in his most memorable U.S. Title competition, scoring +3 – 1 =5 in the occasion, which was won by GM Alexander Shabalov. In January 2004, Nakamura played in Gathering B at the Corus competition and completed fourth with an or more score en route to break the 2600 rating limit in June. By October, he was on the planet’s main 100 interestingly.
He accomplished the 2600 imprint during FIDE’s 2004 knockout competition to decide its boss. As the 83rd seed, Nakamura crushed higher-evaluated adversaries GMs Sergei Volkov, Aleksej Aleksandrov, and Alexander Lastin to become one of the last 16 players. In that round, he tumbled to third seed and possible finalist Michael Adams, who entered the competition with a 150-point rating advantage.
In 2005, alongside GM Alexander Stripunsky, Nakamura beat a 64-player field for his most memorable U.S. title with a +5 – 0 =4 score. American chess was not at its best in 2005, but rather this was in any case a serious field that incorporated a few in number players, most strikingly GM Gata Kamsky. Furthermore, at only 17 years of age, Nakamura was not yet close to a completed item.
Nakamura won his second U.S. Title in 2009 against a comparable field, one which likewise included Kamsky. He had joined the 2700 rating club the prior year, in October 2008.
2010-2015
Nakamura’s profession might be his exhibition at Wijk aan Zee in 2011 was the unparalleled accomplishment of his vocation to that point. He won with a +6 – 1 =6 score, clearing a field that included title holders past, present, and future (Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen). Nakamura just scored two draws and a misfortune against them (and all good: they were the first-, second-, and fourth-most noteworthy evaluated players on the planet entering the competition!), however ruled the rest of the field, including a 33-move win against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Nakamura’s appraising climbed 23 focuses in the competition, from 2751 to 2774.
