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Hikaru Nakamura, (中村光 Nakamura Hikaru, born December 9, 1987) is an American chess Grandmaster (GM).

He was born in Osaka, Japan to a Japanese father and an American mother. He is generally recognized as a chess prodigy. At a young age he moved to America, and as of 2005 he lives in White Plains, New York.

He is the youngest American ever to achieve the ranking of master, at 10 years of age. He also became the youngest American GM ever at 15 years and 79 days, beating Bobby Fischer's record by three months. In the April 2005 FIDE rating list, Nakamura had an Elo rating of 2657, making him the USA's number two and number forty-five in the world.

His style can be described as aggressive. In a sport that is often accused of having too many "Grandmaster draws" (draws in which both players never really seek a fight), he is known for pressing on, trying to exploit every last winning chance. He is also known for playing unorthodox openings.

Nakamura has been a very active player at the Internet Chess Club. He also regularly annotates games for Mig Greengard's website, Chessninja.com.

Contents 1 ICC Records 2 Tournaments and matches 3 Photo gallery 4 External links

ICC Records

As at 15 December, 2005, Nakamura holds many of the rapid chess records on the ICC. He plays under the pseudonym of Smallville. Since November 2005, he has consistently won the bi-weekly chess tournament, accumulating 4 prizes of $500 each as of December 17.

Tournaments and matches

Nakamura qualified for the 2004 World Championship in Tripoli, Libya where he was eliminated in round four by Michael Adams, England's highest rated chess player.

He won the 2005 (held in Nov. and Dec. 2004) U.S. Chess Championship after finishing with 7 points out of 10, tying Alexander Stripunsky. He then defeated Stripunsky in a match for the title with 2 to 0. He is the youngest US Champion since Bobby Fischer.

In December 2004 Nakamura won a match against another prodigy, the Ukrainian GM Sergey Karjakin. The six game match was played in Mexico, and Nakamura won with a score of 4.5-1.5.

He has often played in the weekly New York Masters chess tournament and has won this tournament several times.

Photo gallery

2003 U.S. Chess Championships

External links

• FIDE rating card for Hikaru Nakamura
• 20 crucial positions from his games

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