Nakamura - Rajabov Wch blitz 2010 :Mistake in endgame

Hikaru Nakamura (中村光, Nakamura Hikaru?)  (born December 9, 1987 in Hirakata, Osaka, Japan) is an American chess Grandmaster  (GM). He is ranked fifth in the world by FIDE as of September 2012, and is the current United States Chess Champion.

Nakamura's first supertournament victory came at Wijk aan Zee 2011, finishing clear first ahead of the four top-rated players in the world in a performance described by former World Champion Garry Kasparov as better than any tournament by Bobby Fischer, and the best by an American in more than 100 years.[1]

Nakamura is the top USCF (United States Chess Federation) rated player at 2876, as published on 1 June 2012. As of September 2012, he has reached a FIDE (the international governing body of chess) rating of 2783; 5th in the world and the highest of his career.

Nakamura was born in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, to a Japanese father and an American mother. At the age of two, he moved with his parents to the United States. He began playing chess prior to the age of five and was coached by his Sri Lankan stepfather, FIDE Master and chess author Sunil Weeramantry.

Chess prodigy

At age 10 years and 79 days, Nakamura achieved the title of chess master from the United States Chess Federation (USCF), becoming the youngest American ever to earn the title and breaking the record previously set by Vinay Bhat; Nakamura's record stood until 2008 when Nicholas Nip achieved master at the age of 9 years and 11 months. In 1999, Nakamura won the Laura Aspis Prize, given annually to the top USCF rated player under the age of 13. In 2003, at age 15 years and 79 days, Nakamura solidified his reputation as a chess prodigy, becoming the youngest American to earn the grandmaster title, breaking by three months the record of Bobby Fischer. This record has since been broken by Ray Robson.

Blitz chess

Nakamura is very skilled at blitz chess, and has been called "easily the best blitz player in America"[2] and "one of the best blitz players in the world".[51]

Nakamura is well known in the chess community for playing on the Internet regularly. He plays primarily on two chess sites: Internet Chess Club ('Smallville'(Which he does not use)) ('Capilanobridge'(His current account)) and Playchess ('Star Wars'). He is the strongest bullet, blitz and standard player on the server and he has set many rating records under different categories.[52]

Nakamura has served as a commentator and game annotator, most prominently on the ChessNinja website, operated by chess author Mig Greengard.

Nakamura has been described as having an uncommon enthusiasm for chess and as being much more approachable than other players of his ability. For instance, just after winning his first U.S. Championship in 2005, he played numerous 1-minute games with all comers in the lobby of the hotel where the competition had taken place.[53]

Nakamura attended Dickinson College for a short while in Pennsylvania as a member of the class of 2010. He is also an avid hockey fan, and frequently attends games of the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks.[citation needed]

Nakamura maintains a Twitter account under the username "GMHikaru".[54] After what was to him a disappointing tournament at the 5th Edition of the Kings Tournament in Medias (although Nakamura placed third of sixth among a cadre of top Grandmasters),[55] Nakamura tweeted that he was focusing on the 2011 World Series of Poker,[56] in which he played, although busted out on the second day.[57] Kasparov, who has been training Nakamura in chess, has publicly grumbled about his interest in poker.[58]

Hikaru has set several "youngest-ever" records in U.S. chess history, including:[59]

    * Youngest to defeat an International Master in a USCF-rated game (10 years, 0 months); later surpassed by Praveen Balakrishnan at 9 years 29 days; Recently surpassed by Awonder Liang at 8 years 118 days;
    * Youngest to defeat a Grandmaster in a USCF-rated game (10 years, 117 days; later surpassed by Fabiano Caruana at 10 years, 61 days); Recently surpassed by Awonder Liang at 9 years 112 days;
    * Youngest International Master (13 years, 2 months; later surpassed by Ray Robson at 13 years, 1 month).

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