A chess prodigy, he earned his grandmaster title at the age of 15, the youngest american at the time to do so Chess champion, and the reigning world fischer random chess champion. 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 Christopher hikaru nakamura is an american chess grandmaster, streamer, and youtuber, widely recognized for his aggressive playing style Vods of kick and twitch.
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.
Hikaru nakamura’s absence from the 2025 freestyle chess finals in south africa was the result of a perfect storm 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.
He plays under the nickname, “smallville”, his favorite t.v show.
