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Nakamura 
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Hikaru Nakamura
Number of games in database: 441
Years covered: 1996 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2697
Overall record: +218 -87 =127 (65.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      9 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (50) 
    B42 B23 B90 B30 B56
 French Defense (19) 
    C02 C16 C10 C11 C18
 Queen's Pawn Game (15) 
    A45 A50 E00
 Semi-Slav (13) 
    D45 D43 D47 D44 D48
 Caro-Kann (12) 
    B12 B10 B14 B15 B13
 English, 1 c4 e5 (10) 
    A22 A21 A23 A28
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (75) 
    B90 B30 B92 B99 B22
 Sicilian Najdorf (28) 
    B90 B92 B99 B95 B96
 King's Indian (22) 
    E97 E94 E91 E92 E62
 French Defense (15) 
    C11 C12 C10 C01 C02
 French (13) 
    C11 C12 C10
 Queen's Pawn Game (13) 
    A45 D02 E00 A50 A41
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Krasenkow vs Nakamura, 2007 0-1
   Crafty vs Nakamura, 2007 0-1
   G Sagalchik vs Nakamura, 2003 0-1
   Nakamura vs T Hillarp Persson, 2005 1-0
   Rybka vs Nakamura, 2008 0-1
   Nakamura vs Karjakin, 2004 1-0
   Nakamura vs Zhu Chen, 2004 1/2-1/2
   Nakamura vs S Muhammad, 2004 1-0
   Nakamura vs J W Loyte, 2001 1-0
   Nakamura vs Shabalov, 2005 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Hikaru! by larrewl
   Notable Nakamura Games by iron maiden
   Nakamura's Noteables (voted by members 1/26/08) by ffpainz

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HIKARU NAKAMURA
(born Dec-09-1987) Japan (citizen of United States of America)

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Hikaru Nakamura was born December 9, 1987 in Osaka, Japan. When he was two years old he and his family moved to the United States. In 2003 he became America's youngest-ever grandmaster, and he reached the final 16 in the FIDE World Championship the following year. He also won the U.S. Championship in 2004 and is the youngest player to achieve that honor since Robert James Fischer. Other recent tournament successes include joint second place at the 5th Gibraltar Chess Festival (2007) with 7 points out of 9 games, clear first place at Casino de Barcelona (2007), also with 7/9, and victory at the Corisca Masters rapid tournament in 2007. In 2008 he managed to win the Gibraltar (2008) Masters Open with 8.0/10 after beating Bu Xiangzhi in the Play-Off. He was also part of the U.S. team that brought home the bronze medal at the 37th Chess Olympiad (2006). Nakamura currently resides in White Plains, New York, and is enrolled at Dickinson College. In April of 2007 he was ranked 39th on the FIDE World Rating List.

 page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 441  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Nakamura vs R Mendoza 1-040 1996 Yerevan ol (Men)A57 Benko Gambit
2. L Au vs Nakamura 1-043 1997 Hawaii opB83 Sicilian
3. Nakamura vs I Krush 1-062 1998 Cardoza US opB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
4. Nakamura vs A Caoili 1-036 1998 Saitek US MastersD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. S Kriventsov vs Nakamura  1-024 1999 Rated TournamentB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
6. Wojtkiewicz vs Nakamura 1-042 1999 U.S. OpenE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
7. Nakamura vs J Fang  0-121 1999 Eastern Class- chB06 Robatsch
8. S Kriventsov vs Nakamura  1-095 1999 Eastern OpenA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
9. Nakamura vs A Aleksandrov  ½-½60 1999 U.S. OpenC47 Four Knights
10. D Schneider vs Nakamura 0-153 1999 Manhattan CC-chB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
11. A Hoffman vs Nakamura 0-135 1999 U.S. Open 99E61 King's Indian
12. Nakamura vs G Gaiffe 1-054 1999 U.S. Open (5)B23 Sicilian, Closed
13. V Gaprindashvili vs Nakamura 1-051 2000 World OpenA05 Reti Opening
14. Nakamura vs A De Palma 1-030 2000 World Open Friday Action OpenC45 Scotch Game
15. Nakamura vs Mulyar  1-056 2000 World OpenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
16. E Levin vs Nakamura 0-196 2000 World OpenB95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6
17. Nakamura vs Kotronias 0-125 2000 World OpenB65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4
18. Nakamura vs Efimenko  ½-½27 2000 KasparovChess Cadet GP netC17 French, Winawer, Advance
19. Nakamura vs Harikrishna ½-½22 2000 Wch U14C16 French, Winawer
20. Nakamura vs G Zaitshik  0-159 2000 World OpenB15 Caro-Kann
21. Nakamura vs J Friedel 1-067 2000 New Hampshire op 50thC45 Scotch Game
22. C Balogh vs Nakamura 0-1115 2000 Elekes mem IMB23 Sicilian, Closed
23. Efimenko vs Nakamura 1-040 2000 KasparovChess Cadet GP netB99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
24. Nakamura vs Stellwagen  1-042 2000 Wch U14C11 French
25. L Filatov vs Nakamura  0-141 2001 29th World OpenA48 King's Indian
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Aug-27-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Rolfo: .. oops, I was in Alberta, Vancouver probably?
Aug-27-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Marmot PFL: Naka-Charbonneau 24 move GM draw
Aug-27-08   adair10: <blueofnoon: According to Naka's blog he's staying at Pascal's house>

...so Naka paid his rent by making a quick draw with Pascal.

Aug-27-08   VinnyRoo2002: British Columbia is the province. He is living in the city of Vancouver, which by most accounts, is a great place to live.
Aug-27-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  timhortons: id been to the site, naka draw the game with pascal..lol he cant beat pascal right? his staying at pascals house tonight...by the way pascal is new york base now adays he just go home to play for canada, i talk with anton kovalyov dad and i ask him why anton not representing canada, he told me they need to pay 5 gran to fide for anton to transfer flag.
Aug-28-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  benjinathan: <British Columbia is the province. He is living in the city of Vancouver, which by most accounts, is a great place to live.>

absolutely

Aug-28-08
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  timhortons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbmq...

video id taken at the site

Aug-28-08   adair10: <timhortons> thank you
Aug-28-08   belgradegambit: Naka played an awful game today and lost to a weak IM. True to his profile on any given day he can beat the strongest players in the world and yet also lose to players much weaker.
Aug-30-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  timhortons: nataf did not push for a win with his game with naka today,from start i was observing the kibitzing at icc as well running the game on the free chess engine of playchess.com, if nataf push for a win today , that would really hurt nakamuras rating, all along the game naka has a really a bad position, kibitzing at icc and playchess.com and chess engine analysis had nataf winning but he obviously drawn the game purposely.
Aug-31-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Rolfo: Naka isn't in his best form? A change in his life may be..
Aug-31-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  timhortons: <rolfo> i think a 2500 grandmaster know the position when he is winning, though naka is a highly tactical player but that position yesterday could have won by nataf if he push for it, what a disaster if he loss back to back.
Sep-01-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Rolfo: tim, he certainly is an interesting player drawing attention from a vast part of chess world. When I started to look at ICC 2 - 3 years ago, he was the big star.. As many has pointed out, will he really break solidly into the 2700 group?
Sep-01-08   hand banana: naka just played 3 games agains kasparov on playches.. 2 wins with black, and one short draw as white vs berlin defence.
Sep-01-08   PinkPanther: <hand banana>
Who says raffael is Kasparov?
Sep-01-08   hand banana: Press conference with Garry Kasparov in Hluboka, Czech Republic (30.3.2008)

Question 1: Do you know something about the nickname Raffael? GK: Of course, I know Raffael. I am playing on playchess server sometimes. Question 2: Mr. Kasparov, is Raffael you?
GK: If I want to uncover my identity, I am going to do it officially myself. I'll be not waiting till someone asks me to do it.

An experienced Czech journalist comments it: His answer means diplomatic yes. Eyewitnesses: His face during the answer said everything, Kasparov is Raffael for sure!

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this sentence: "I am playing on playchess server sometimes". his "real" account "Garry Kasparov" has 0 games.

Sep-01-08   Everett: I thought is was common knowledge that Raffael USED to be Kasparov, but may not be NOW. Dunno...
Sep-03-08   Bobsterman3000: If Mamedyarov can get up to 2750 then so can Naka.
Sep-03-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Strongest Force: I agree with you, Bobsterman. Nak hasn't really been trying to get his fide rating high until about the last several months when he said he went pro. Mame, on the other hand, has been working on his fide status for many many years. The only ratings Nak cared about were his online and uscf rations.
Sep-03-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  timhortons: <strongestforce><The only ratings Nak cared about were his online>

i believe that, naka now is number one blitz player in playchess.com, number one bullet player in icc.

Sep-03-08   mjmorri: Nakamura strikes me as someone who is extremely talented, but someone who is missing "something" that will keep him from being one of the game's truly great players.
Sep-03-08   Riverbeast: I think he just needs to play more against strong opposition.

He had quite a run earlier this year winning 5 or 6 tournaments in a row, and he beat some very strong players in classical and rapid chess (Dominguez-Perez, Kazimdhanov, etc).

Lately he's been having difficulty beating 2500+ players and he failed to win the Montreal tournament, where I thought he was the favorite (at least on paper)

Eventually everyone starts playing at the level of their opposition. I think Nakamura could be a solid member of the 2700 club and a Super GM, but he needs to impress at this rapid tournament in November against Carlsen and the like, so he can get more invitations to play in stronger fields.

Radjabov's comment ('Nakamura has only achieved in online blitz') should help motivate him, I hope.

Just the fact that Radjabov said it makes me wonder if they're a little afraid of him...Why would a Super GM publicly belittle someone ranked below him, unless he felt threatened by him in some way?

Sep-03-08   mjmorri: I believe every truly great player has had an intangible quality. It has nothing to do with working harder, or playing stronger competition. It is not something that can be acquired. It is something that one innately has. I do not think he has it.
Sep-03-08   Riverbeast: <mjmorri> Time will tell
Sep-03-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  veigaman: I have no doubt about nakamura will be a top player and his final lunch will take place in the chess olimpiad!
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