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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Worldwide Randomness

Greetings to everyone from Arvier, Italy on this final day of April in 2012 …GULP. I have not blogged in a very long time, and my apologies for not keeping the fans updated, but I generally prefer tweeting (@GMHikaru) instead of writing long posts about my many other interests (non-chess) on this blog. Since the…

April 30, 2012 • Read More »

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 »

Upcoming Events

April 25 - 29

Italian Team Championship

A 7 round team event held in Arvier Aosta, Italy.

May 7 - 20

2012 US Chess Championship

A round robin event featuring the top 12 players in the United States. Learn More »

June 7 - 19

7th Mikhail Tal Memorial

A 10 player round robin event featuring the top players in the world and being held in Moscow, Russia.

August 27 - September 10

40th Chess Olympiad

The 40th Chess Olympiad will be a team event held in Istanbul, Turkey featuring countries from all over the world competing for medals.