Born December 9, 1987 · Hikaru Nakamura
Hikaru Nakamura is a five-time US Chess Champion and one of the strongest speed-chess players of all time, and in the last several years has become the most-watched chess streamer in the world, credited with bringing chess to a huge new online audience during and after the pandemic-era boom.
Nakamura is famous above all for his speed: exceptionally fast, intuitive calculation that makes him a dominant force in bullet and blitz, paired with a wide, flexible opening repertoire built for practical results rather than deep theoretical battles.
vs. Levon Aronian — Zurich Chess Challenge, 2015
A brilliant king-hunt attacking win widely cited as one of Nakamura's finest classical games.