Hikaru Nakamura is an American grandmaster. And Five-Time United States chess champion. Hikaru Nakamura is currently No.1 Blitz chess player in the world (September 2019).

Biography of Hikaru Nakamura

He was born December 9, 1987 in Hirakata (Japan) to an American mother named (Carolyn Merrow Nakamura) and Japanese father (Shuichi Nakamura).

Hikaru started playing chess at the age of seven. He was coached by his Sirilinkan stepfather, Fide Master Sunil Weeramantry.

In January 2011 Hikaru Nakamura won Tata Steel by beating top grandmasters including Magnus, Anand, Aronian, Mvl and many more. Garry Kasparov stated about his performance ” the best result by an American since 1895″.

Hikaru Nakamura is Five-Time United States Chess Champion. He won the title of US Champion in 2005, 2009, 2012, 2015, and 2019.

Hikaru Nakamura net worth

According to networthstats.com, Hikaru Nakamura net worth: $100,000 – $1M at the age of 31.

Hikaru Nakamura’s Twitter

Hikaru Nakamura is very active on social media websites. He plays often in chess.com and if you want to follow him, here is his official twitter account: Hikaru Nakamura’s Twitter Account.

Hikaru Nakamura’s Chess Games

Here are some of his chess games. You can call him the tactician. He won many beautiful games with superb tactics. Let’s watch his chess games.

Hikaru Nakamura Game 1:

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2855"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2016.06.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. cxd5 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxb4 Qxf3 14. Rg1 Bf5 15. Qe2 Qe4 16. Bc3 Bg6 17. Qc4 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Hikaru Nakamura Game 2:

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2015.06.15"] [Round "6"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2802"] [BlackElo "2805"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2015.06.15"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. f4 d6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Nd2 Bf6 15. Nf3 Na5 16. b3 Nc5 17. Nd2 Nd7 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 d5 20. e5 Be7 21. b4 Nb7 22. Nb3 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qa8 24. Qc7 Rd8 25. Nd4 Qb8 26. Qxb8 Nxb8 27. Nc6 Re8 28. Nxa7 Nd7 29. Rc1 Ra8 30. Rc7 Rxa7 31. Rxd7 Kf8 32. Bxb6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Hikaru Nakamura Game 3:

[Event "Cuernavaca m"] [Site "Cuernavaca"] [Date "2004.12.13"] [Round "5"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2576"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2004.12.09"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "MEX"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. e5 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. e6 Nf6 10. exf7+ Kxf7 11. Nf3 h6 12. Ne5+ Kg7 13. Nxc6 Qc7 14. Nb4 e5 15. Qf2 Qc4 16. a3 a5 17. Nba2 Bf5 18. b3 Qe6 19. O-O d5 20. h3 Bd6 21. Re1 Rhf8 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxh6+ Kxh6 24. Qe3+ Kg7 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxe5 Bxc2 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxb3 29. Rd3 Bxa2 30. Rxa2 Rad8 31. Rg3 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rfd8 33. Rc2 R1d3 34. Rg4 R8d4 35. Rg5 Rd5 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Rc4 Kf6 38. Ra4 g5 39. Kg3 Kf5 40. Kf3 Rb5 41. Re4 Rb3+ 42. Re3 a4 43. g4+ Kf6 44. Ke4 Rxe3+ 45. Kxe3 Ke5 46. Kf2 Kf6 47. Kg3 Ke6 48. h4 gxh4+ 49. Kxh4 Kf6 50. Kh5 Kg7 51. Kg5 Kh7 52. Kf6 Kh6 53. g5+ Kh7 54. Kf7 Kh8 55. Kg6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Hikaru Nakamura Game 4:

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2014.01.29"] [Round "2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E30"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2014.01.29"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 Bb4 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. O-O dxe3 13. fxe3 O-O 14. Nd4 Ne4 15. Be7 Re8 16. Bb4 Qd8 17. a4 a5 18. Ba3 Ndf6 19. c4 Be6 20. c5 Bd7 21. h3 Qc7 22. Rf3 Nxc5 23. Rc1 b6 24. Bf5 Nfe4 25. Bb2 Rad8 26. Rf4 f6 27. Bg6 Re7 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 Nd6 30. Qxd5+ Kh8 31. Bb1 Rxe3 32. Rxf6 Nde4 33. Rxh6# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Hikaru Nakamura Game 5:

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2015.05.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2754"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2015.05.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 d5 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qa4+ Kf8 11. g3 c6 12. Bg2 g6 13. Nge2 Kg7 14. O-O Qd8 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Re8 17. Rad1 Na6 18. N2c3 Nc7 19. Nc5 bxc5 20. dxc5 Nd5 21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. Ne4 Qe5 23. Rc1 Nb6 24. Qb4 Rad8 25. Nc5 Rd4 26. Qc3 Bc8 27. Rce1 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Conclusion:

Hikaru Nakamura is the best blitz chess player in the world. He is No.1 blitz player in the world right now. And he is also No.1 chess player in Rapid & Blitz in the USA. He is famous for his tactical games. He is very active on social media and also on chess.com.

You can check his updated blitz rating at https://www.chessonly.com/top-chess-players/.