As #2 in the world of chess it's my pleasure to host this channel to share my knowledge and love of chess Check out the live streams on kick and twitch to see full content Vods of kick and twitch. Hikaru nakamura is an american grandmaster and the most successful chess streamer in the world Learn more about his chess achievements. Hikaru is universally recognized as one of the world's best “blitz” players and, arguably, the very best at bullet chess
He defeated the current world no 1, gm magnus carlsen, in a four game match in the finals of the bnbank blitz challenge in oslo in november 2009. Grandmaster in 2003 at the age of 15 years 2 months and 19 days, the youngest ever us grandmaster at the time until overtaken by fabio caruana and ray robson respectively Us champion 2004, 2009, 2012 & 2015 World's top bullet chess exponent. At fifteen years and 79 days hikaru nakamura became the youngest american grandmaster in history
Hikaru is the highest rated player on the internet chess club, with hundreds of other grandmasters at his heels He plays under the nickname, “smallville”, his favorite t.v show. Chess champion and the reigning world fischer random chess champion His prowess is not confined to traditional chess alone He also has exceptional skill in chess960, reflecting his versatile and adaptive approach to the game.
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