HIKARU NAKAMURA is an American chess Grandmaster. Nakamura is rated #1 in the United States and has been ranked among the top six players in the world by FIDE.

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Reggio Emilia Part I

I know that it has been a long time since I added a proper blog, and with the new website up, now is as a good a time as any to start again. In September while competing in the Kings vs. Queens event in St. Louis, I was approached by one of the players on…

December 29, 2011 • Read More »

New Website

Hello and greetings from Italy on this fine Thursday morning. I would like to welcome everyone to my new website, and I look forward to adding more content in the forthcoming days as the tournament here in Reggio Emilia progresses. Hikaru Nakamura 29.12.11

December 28, 2011 • Read More »

Sao Paulo/Bilbao Grand Slam Final Part I

Good evening/morning to everyone on this pleasant Sunday before Halloween. I have long been contemplating writing another blog but it has been a very busy last month. However, I was having a conversation with Xuan Liu and we were both regretting not writing more blogs as these memories and experiences will not last forever. This…

October 30, 2011 • Read More »

Upcoming Events

Jan 13 - 29

74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament

A fourteen player round robin which will include elite grandmasters from around the world. Learn More »

Dec 22 -
Jan 6

54th Reggio Emilia

A 6 player double round robin that will include myself, Vassily Ivanchuk, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, and Nikita Vitiugov. Learn More »

Dec 3 - 12

London Chess Classic 2011

The event is Category 20 with an average rating of 2748. Learn More »

Nov 16-25

Tal Memorial 2011

A tournament in Moscow commemorating the 75th birthday of Mikhail Tal. Participants will include myself, Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Vassily Ivanchuk, Sergey Karjakin, Peter Svidler, Boris Gelfand and Ian Nepomniachtchi. Learn More »