Hikaru Nakamura

vipiu

Only Chess

08 Mar 07

vipiu

Joined: 04 Jul 06
Moves: 7174

08 Mar 07

55 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2651 6 1987

Why is this player so famous ?
I read about him in forums, in news, on sites.
I see strongest, younger players, he is not even a usual participant of superGMs' tournaments...so my question is:

Why is this player so famous ?

ericmittens

Rural Ontario

Joined: 27 Sep 06
Moves: 59250

08 Mar 07

He's American

zebano

127.0.0.1

Joined: 27 Oct 05
Moves: 158564

08 Mar 07

1 edit

Originally posted by ericmittens
He's American

Not only that but he grew up here. Most 'American' GMs are actually immigrants.

Edit: His first published rating was 788 or something around there. After a couple of years something just clicked and he hasn't stopped improving.

TommyC

London

Joined: 04 Jun 06
Moves: 929

08 Mar 07

Qh5.

masscat

Joined: 25 Sep 04
Moves: 1779

08 Mar 07

http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2004/NB_Nakamura3.html
The above link gives 10 reasons.

OrangeKing

Joined: 11 Sep 06
Moves: 17376

08 Mar 07

He was the youngest American ever to earn the GM title, and he's already won one US Championship. That'll earn you some fame.

Yuga

Renaissance

OnceInALifetime

Joined: 24 Sep 05
Moves: 30579

08 Mar 07

Originally posted by vipiu
55 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2651 6 1987

Why is this player so famous ?
I read about him in forums, in news, on sites.
I see strongest, younger players, he is not even a usual participant of superGMs' tournaments...so my question is:

Why is this player so famous ?

He dominates playchess and ICC in bullet/blitz, has a gigantic opening repetoire, larger than the opening repetoire of any other top player, and fights hard. Additionally he was a US champion.

drmccoy

Joined: 21 Sep 06
Moves: 3437

08 Mar 07

watch him play blitz on playchess.com! Youll have to join to experiance his remarkable play. his blitz rating is better then most of the super gms. Also its rumored that Fischer plays there also under the name of Raffael. most of the worlds best gms play on that site ..its worth the 30.00 dollars to join.!

Zander 88

Joined: 18 Feb 07
Moves: 1345

08 Mar 07

I thought Raffael is supposed to be Kasparov haha... Oh well.

TommyC

London

Joined: 04 Jun 06
Moves: 929

08 Mar 07

Originally posted by Zander 88
I thought Raffael is supposed to be Kasparov haha... Oh well.

Whilst . . . . I thought it was supposed to be Kramnik!

That chessdrum article is excellent btw, that someone else posted above.