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Nakamura, Hikaru

contemporary era

Hikaru Nakamura is a five-time U.S. Champion, 2022 Fischer Random World Champion, and one of the most recognized chess players in the world thanks to his pioneering streaming career on Twitch. With a peak rating of 2816 and former world number-one rankings in both rapid and blitz, Nakamura combines elite over-the-board strength with an unmatched ability to bring chess to massive online audiences.

Total Games

9739

Wins

5514

Draws

2707

Losses

1518

56.6% wins27.8% draws15.6% losses

Most Played Openings

A05 - Zukertort Opening480A01 - Nimzo-Larsen Attack468B06 - Modern Defense424A06 - Zukertort Opening410A00 - Amar Opening358A40 - Zaire Defense285A04 - Zukertort Opening241D37 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack233C65 - Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense222A45 - Canard Opening213

Most Faced Opponents

Carlsen,M405 gamesSo,W286 gamesCaruana,F271 gamesVachier Lagrave,M265 gamesAronian,L221 gamesFirouzja,Alireza214 gamesNepomniachtchi,I153 gamesGiri,A126 gamesDuda,J116 gamesMartinez Alcantara,Jose Eduardo104 games

Featured Games

FCGFCG
1-0

Nakamura,Hi vs Svidler,P

Saint Louis Rapid 2021

2021

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FCGFCG
1-0

Nakamura,Hi vs Aronian,L

FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A

2022

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FCGFCG
1-0

Nakamura,Hi vs Gukesh,D

13th Norway Chess 2025

2025

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FCGFCG
1-0

Carlsen,M vs Nakamura,Hi

75th Tata Steel GpA

2013

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FCGFCG
1-0

Nakamura,Hi vs Giri,A

Tata Steel India Rapid

2019

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FCGFCG
0-1

Caruana,F vs Nakamura,Hi

Saint Louis Blitz 2018

2018

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FCGFCG
0-1

Mladenov, Plamen vs Nakamura, Hikaru

Wch U12

1999

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FCGFCG
1-0

Anand,V vs Nakamura,Hi

5th Zurich Opening Blitz

2016

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FCGFCG
0-1

Nakamura,Hi vs Caruana,F

Saint Louis Rapid 2022

2022

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FCGFCG
0-1

Nakamura,Hi vs So,W

8th London Classic 2016

2016

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Games (9739)

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Theodorou,Nikolas vs Nakamura,Hi
1/2-1/2
Airthings Masters Play-In 2023 E11
Tomashevsky,E vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Airthings Masters Play-In 2023 E11
Nakamura,Hi vs Dubov,Daniil
1/2-1/2
Airthings Play-In Match 2023 B33
Nakamura,Hi vs Suleymanli,Aydin
1-0
Airthings Masters Play-In 2023 A45
Nakamura,Hi vs Xu,Xiangyu
0-1
Airthings Masters Play-In 2023 A45
Nakamura,Hi vs Durarbayli,V
1/2-1/2
Airthings Masters Play-In 2023 D00
Dubov,Daniil vs Nakamura,Hi
1/2-1/2
Airthings Play-In Match 2023 E11
Sadhwani,Raunak vs Nakamura,Hi
1/2-1/2
Airthings Masters Play-In 2023 C71
Jumabayev,R vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Airthings Masters Play-In 2023 A08
Nakamura,Hi vs Bluebaum,M
1-0
Airthings Masters Play-In 2023 D31
Nakamura,Hi vs Dubov,Daniil
1-0
Airthings Play-In Match 2023 B40
Nakamura,Hi vs Bartel,Mat
1-0
Titled Tue 31st Jan Early 2023 A07
Nakamura,Hi vs Csonka,B
1-0
Titled Tue 31st Jan Early 2023 A07
Hakobyan,Aram vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tue 31st Jan Early 2023 C75
Nakamura,Hi vs Rasulov,Vu
1-0
Titled Tue 31st Jan Early 2023 A05
Nakamura,Hi vs Baskakov,Egor
1-0
Titled Tue 31st Jan Early 2023 A05
Nakamura,Hi vs Borges Feria,Y
1-0
Titled Tue 31st Jan Late 2023 D11
Nakamura,Hi vs Jobava,Ba
1-0
Titled Tue 31st Jan Early 2023 E92
Ismagilov,Damir vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tue 31st Jan Late 2023 B06
Veiga,Jose Francisco R P Neves vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tue 31st Jan Early 2023 A10
Nakamura,Hi vs Krysa,L
1-0
Titled Tue 31st Jan Late 2023 A06
Nakamura,Hi vs Terry,R
0-1
Titled Tue 31st Jan Late 2023 A25
Mosadeghpour,Masoud vs Nakamura,Hi
1-0
Titled Tue 31st Jan Late 2023 B21
Begmuratov,Khumoyun vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tue 31st Jan Early 2023 B06
Tari,A vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tue 31st Jan Late 2023 C11
Kravtsiv,M vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tue 31st Jan Early 2023 B06
Nakamura,Hi vs Yoo,Christopher Woojin
1-0
Titled Tue 31st Jan Late 2023 D47
Bluebaum,M vs Nakamura,Hi
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 31st Jan Early 2023 A80
Nakamura,Hi vs Jobava,Ba
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 24th Jan Late 2023 B10
Nakamura,Hi vs Tari,A
1-0
Titled Tue 24th Jan Late 2023 A05
Nakamura,Hi vs Domingo Nunez,Ruben
1-0
Titled Tue 24th Jan Late 2023 A04
Deac,Bogdan-Daniel vs Nakamura,Hi
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 24th Jan Late 2023 A50
Bluebaum,M vs Nakamura,Hi
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 24th Jan Late 2023 A50
Tang,Andrew vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tue 24th Jan Late 2023 D00
Sanal,V vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tue 24th Jan Late 2023 B10
Arencibia,A vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tue 24th Jan Late 2023 B06
Nakamura,Hi vs Yu Yangyi
1-0
Titled Tue 24th Jan Late 2023 A06
Nakamura,Hi vs Narayanan,Sri
1-0
Titled Tue 17th Jan Early 2023 D78
Jobava,Ba vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tue 17th Jan Late 2023 C50
Nakamura,Hi vs Predke,A
1-0
Titled Tue 17th Jan Early 2023 B40
Babazada,Khazar vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tue 17th Jan Early 2023 C60
Nakamura,Hi vs Potapova,Margarita
1-0
Titled Tue 17th Jan Late 2023 A06
Nakamura,Hi vs Renjith,Sravan
1-0
Titled Tue 17th Jan Early 2023 A05
Nakamura,Hi vs Esipenko,Andrey
1-0
Titled Tue 17th Jan Late 2023 A45
Nakamura,Hi vs Makridis,Dimitrios
1-0
Titled Tue 17th Jan Late 2023 D77
Nakamura,Hi vs Rustemov,A
1-0
Titled Tue 17th Jan Early 2023 A07
Lenderman,A vs Nakamura,Hi
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 17th Jan Early 2023 A06
Pichot,A vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tue 17th Jan Late 2023 C60
Le Tuan Minh vs Nakamura,Hi
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 17th Jan Early 2023 B08
Abdrlauf,Elham vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tue 17th Jan Late 2023 C28
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