Players
Hikaru Nakamura
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GM

Hikaru Nakamura

United StatesBorn 1987 (age 39)FIDE ID 2016192

Playing now: Esports World Cup 2026

Classical rating history

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Monthly FIDE ratings, now 2792

Record

101 classical games in top events since 9 Feb 2025

GamesWDLScore
As White5314281153%
As Black4815231055%
All games10129512154%

Recent events

EventScorePerf
Esports World Cup 202615 Aug 20268½/152759
Esports World Cup 202612 Aug 20263/42834
FIDE Candidates 202615 Apr 20266½/142716
Hikaru Nakamura15 Mar 20264/102644
Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Las Vegas20 Jul 2025½/22648

Best wins

OpponentRating
GMM. Carlsen27 May 2025 · Norway Chess 20252837
GMF. Caruana7 Apr 2026 · FIDE Candidates 20262795
GMGukesh D7 Apr 2025 · Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 20252787
GMA. Erigaisi5 Jun 2025 · Norway Chess 20252782
GMN. Abdusattorov14 Feb 2025 · Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 20252766

Most played

OpponentGames+ = −
GMA. ErigaisiLast 14 Aug 2026 · Esports World Cup 2026124 7 1
GMF. CaruanaLast 7 Apr 2026 · FIDE Candidates 2026104 5 1
GMA. LiangLast 15 Mar 2026 · Hikaru Nakamura103 2 5
GMM. CarlsenLast 20 Jul 2025 · Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Las Vegas91 4 4
GMGukesh DLast 3 Jun 2025 · Norway Chess 202573 3 1