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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 Ovetchkin,R
1-0
Titled Tue 4th Aug 10am 2020 A05
Nakamura,Hi vs Kobo,Ori
1-0
Titled Tuesday 21st July 2020 A06
Hansen,Eric vs Nakamura,Hi
1/2-1/2
Titled Tuesday 21st July 2020 C67
Nakamura,Hi vs Narayanan,SL
1-0
Titled Tuesday 21st July 2020 A06
Nakamura,Hi vs Sadhwani,Raunak
1-0
Titled Tuesday 21st July 2020 D11
Nakamura,Hi vs Potapova,Margarita
1-0
Titled Tuesday 21st July 2020 A05
Santiago,Y vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 21st July 2020 B06
Nakamura,Hi vs Artemiev,V
0-1
Titled Tue 21st Jul Final 2020 D12
Antipov,M2 vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 21st July 2020 C50
Nakamura,Hi vs Kazakouski,Valery
1-0
Titled Tuesday 21st July 2020 A05
Nakamura,Hi vs Kovalev,Vl
1-0
Titled Tuesday 21st July 2020 A05
Rodriguez,Sa vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 14th July 2020 A45
Nakamura,Hi vs Zablotsky,S
1-0
Titled Tuesday 14th July 2020 A06
Narayanan,SL vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 14th July 2020 B23
Nakamura,Hi vs Jobava,Ba
1-0
Titled Tue 14th Jul Final 2020 D11
Nakamura,Hi vs Harshavardhan,G B
1/2-1/2
Titled Tuesday 14th July 2020 A05
Sjugirov,S vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tue 14th Jul Final 2020 D37
Eljanov,P vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 14th July 2020 A07
Nakamura,Hi vs Bykhovsky,An ISR
1-0
Titled Tuesday 14th July 2020 A05
Maghsoodloo,Parham vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tue 14th Jul Final 2020 C67
Piliposyan,Robert vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 14th July 2020 A40
Nakamura,Hi vs Jobava,Ba
0-1
Titled Tuesday 14th July 2020 D12
Nakamura,Hi vs Maghsoodloo,Parham
1-0
Titled Tue 14th Jul Final 2020 A80
Nakamura,Hi vs Gadimbayli,Abdulla
1-0
Titled Tuesday 14th July 2020 D11
Panarin,M vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 14th July 2020 B19
Nakamura,Hi vs Sjugirov,S
1-0
Titled Tue 14th Jul Final 2020 E36
Sadhwani,Raunak vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tue 7th July Final 2020 B06
Xiong,Jeffery vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 7th July 2020 A06
Tabatabaei,M vs Nakamura,Hi
1-0
Titled Tue 7th July Final 2020 C53
Yakubboev,Nodirbek vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 7th July 2020 A06
Nakamura,Hi vs Karacsonyi,Gellert
1-0
Titled Tuesday 7th July 2020 A05
Nakamura,Hi vs Lagno,Kateryna
1-0
Titled Tuesday 7th July 2020 C60
Nakamura,Hi vs Tabatabaei,M
1-0
Titled Tue 7th July Final 2020 A06
Khoroshev,N vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 7th July 2020 E75
Nakamura,Hi vs Sadhwani,Raunak
1-0
Titled Tue 7th July Final 2020 A05
Gumularz,Szymon vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 7th July 2020 A07
Ponkratov,P vs Nakamura,Hi
1/2-1/2
Titled Tuesday 7th July 2020 D37
Tabatabaei,M vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tue 7th July Final 2020 B06
Nakamura,Hi vs Aravindh,Chithambaram VR.
1-0
Titled Tue 7th July Final 2020 A05
Nakamura,Hi vs Sankalp,Gupta
1-0
Titled Tuesday 30th June 2020 A06
Nakamura,Hi vs Fedoseev,Vl3
1-0
Titled Tuesday 30th June 2020 B51
Murzin,Volodar vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 30th June 2020 B06
Tanaka,Taira Tyler vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 30th June 2020 B06
Niemann,Hans Moke vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 30th June 2020 E06
Ponkratov,P vs Nakamura,Hi
0-1
Titled Tuesday 30th June 2020 E97
Nakamura,Hi vs Nevednichy,V
1-0
Titled Tuesday 30th June 2020 C00
Nakamura,Hi vs Grachev,B
1-0
Titled Tuesday 30th June 2020 D11
Nakamura,Hi vs Oparin,G
0-1
Titled Tue 30th Jun Final 2020 A05
Jumabayev,R vs Nakamura,Hi
1/2-1/2
Titled Tuesday 30th June 2020 D37
Nakamura,Hi vs Grigoriants,S RUS
1-0
Titled Tuesday 30th June 2020 A06
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