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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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Nakamura,Hi vs Durarbayli,V
1-0
Titled Tuesday 20th Apr 2021 C45
Bortnyk,Olexandr vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 20th Apr 2021 B22
Nakamura,Hi vs Bluebaum,M
1-0
Titled Tuesday 20th Apr 2021 A06
Nakamura,Hi vs Tabatabaei,M
1-0
Titled Tuesday 20th Apr 2021 A06
Nakamura,Hi vs Flores Quillas,Diego Saul Rodri
1-0
Titled Tuesday 20th Apr 2021 A04
Kuzubov,Y vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 20th Apr 2021 E06
Matinian,N vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 20th Apr 2021 C60
Svane,R vs Nakamura,Hi
1/2-1/2
Titled Tuesday 20th Apr 2021 A07
Zierk,S vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 20th Apr 2021 C50
Nakamura,Hi vs Zhigalko,S
1/2-1/2
Titled Tuesday 20th Apr 2021 B30
Andreikin,D vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 13th Apr 2021 B06
Nakamura,Hi vs Seo,Jung Min
1-0
Titled Tuesday 13th Apr 2021 B10
Nakamura,Hi vs Samadov,Read
1-0
Titled Tuesday 13th Apr 2021 B50
Aravindh,Chithambaram VR. vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 13th Apr 2021 A06
Nakamura,Hi vs Sanal,V
1-0
Titled Tuesday 13th Apr 2021 D37
Chernobay,A vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 13th Apr 2021 A40
Nakamura,Hi vs Hnydiuk,A
1-0
Titled Tuesday 13th Apr 2021 A06
Nakamura,Hi vs Le Tuan Minh
1/2-1/2
Titled Tuesday 13th Apr 2021 D11
Xiong,Jeffery vs Nakamura,Hi
1/2-1/2
Titled Tuesday 13th Apr 2021 C67
Nakamura,Hi vs Jobava,Ba
1-0
Titled Tuesday 13th Apr 2021 D11
Kozin,Y vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 6th Apr 2021 B06
Nakamura,Hi vs Iniyan,P
1-0
Titled Tuesday 6th Apr 2021 B50
Sjugirov,S vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 6th Apr 2021 B06
Deac,Bogdan-Daniel vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 6th Apr 2021 C53
Nakamura,Hi vs Artemiev,V
1-0
Titled Tuesday 6th Apr 2021 A06
Nakamura,Hi vs Perez Ponsa,F
1/2-1/2
Titled Tuesday 6th Apr 2021 A05
Nakamura,Hi vs Oliveira,Si
1-0
Titled Tuesday 6th Apr 2021 A06
Shipov,S vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 6th Apr 2021 E73
Nakamura,Hi vs Bortnyk,Olexandr
1-0
Titled Tuesday 6th Apr 2021 C41
Nakamura,Hi vs Zhigalko,S
1-0
Titled Tuesday 30th Mar 2021 A06
Naroditsky,D vs Nakamura,Hi
1/2-1/2
Titled Tuesday 30th Mar 2021 C46
Safarli,E vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 30th Mar 2021 B01
Nakamura,Hi vs Iniyan,P
1-0
Titled Tuesday 30th Mar 2021 C26
Sapunov,E vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 30th Mar 2021 A10
Pridorozhni,A vs Nakamura,Hi
1-0
Titled Tuesday 30th Mar 2021 C24
Nakamura,Hi vs Steel,H
1-0
Titled Tuesday 30th Mar 2021 A06
Karas,Marek vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 30th Mar 2021 B06
Tomashevsky,E vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 30th Mar 2021 A20
Nakamura,Hi vs Ter Sahakyan,S
1-0
Titled Tuesday 30th Mar 2021 C27
Kim,Se vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar 2021 A40
Onischuk,V vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar 2021 A07
Makarian,Rudik vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar 2021 A40
Dubov,Daniil vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar 2021 A29
Dang,H vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar 2021 B06
Muradli,Mahammad vs Nakamura,Hi
1/2-1/2
Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar 2021 B07
Nakamura,Hi vs Preotu,Razvan
1-0
Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar 2021 B53
Nakamura,Hi vs Tin,Jingyao
1-0
Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar 2021 A00
Nakamura,Hi vs Laxman,R
1-0
Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar 2021 E15
Nakamura,Hi vs Van Foreest,Jorden
1/2-1/2
Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim 2021 C65
Nakamura,Hi vs Pichot,A
1-0
Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim 2021 B48
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