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    Christopher Hikaru Nakamura (born December 9, 1987) is an American chess grandmaster, streamer, YouTuber, five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the reigning...
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  • Hikaru Nakamura (中村 光, Nakamura Hikaru, born April 21, 1984, in Shizuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist. She debuted in 2001 with the short story...
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    Gujrathi and Gukesh Dommaraju from India, and Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura from the United States. The former three all faced one another in rounds...
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  • greatest player there's ever been..." In 2021, Hikaru Nakamura published a Youtube video entitled "Hikaru's Hot Takes on the Ten Best Chess Players of All...
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    both the United States and Italy, surpassing the US record set by Hikaru Nakamura. Caruana played the strong Vlissingen chess tournament in the Netherlands...
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    Kramnik, Hikaru Nakamura, Boris Gelfand, Shakriyar Mamedyarov, Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Peter Svidler. Anand defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hikaru Nakamura, Daniil...
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    additional prominence to the variant. It was won by Wesley So. In 2022, Hikaru Nakamura became the new champion. Before the game, a starting position is randomly...
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  • high-level opponents and Twitch streamers, such as grandmaster (GM) Hikaru Nakamura. The name has also been applied to other opening sequences in which...
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    Aronian, Hikaru Nakamura, Veselin Topalov, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Carlsen lost to Caruana in round 3 and defeated Aronian and Nakamura in rounds...
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    Reykjavík, Iceland from 25 to 30 October 2022. The winner of the final was Hikaru Nakamura, defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi in armageddon after drawing the match...
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  • charge, as well as its 2023 deals with multiple streamers including Hikaru Nakamura, Westcol, Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, Nickmercs, Adin Ross, Amouranth, Ice...
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    defamation lawsuit against Carlsen, Chess.com, and fellow grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura. On June 27, 2023, a federal judge dismissed one of Niemann's claims...
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    chess masters played matches against the engine, with players such as Hikaru Nakamura and Levy Rozman drawing and losing their games respectively. A month...
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    Pourkashiyan married American grandmaster and five-time US Champion Hikaru Nakamura in 2023. She was in the news alongside Sarasadat Khademalsharieh when...
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    main event four times out of six appearances. American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, who has played in every single edition to date, won the event a record...
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    world championship title, notably Fabiano Caruana, Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura. However, while acknowledging Ding's weakened physical condition during...
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  • Sakurazaka46 Hikaru Nakamura (光, born 1987), American chess Grandmaster and streamer Hikaru Nakamura (artist) (中村 光, born 1984), Japanese manga artist Hikaru Naomoto...
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    the platform, such as GM Hikaru Nakamura and WGM Qiyu Zhou. She is credited, along with her sister Andrea Botez, Hikaru Nakamura, GothamChess, and more...
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  • began to be held every week instead of one. As of August 28, 2024, GM Hikaru Nakamura has the most tournament wins since October 2020 with 77, followed by...
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    Teimour Radjabov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Alireza Firouzja, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Richárd Rapport, and Ding Liren. Sergey Karjakin was originally a...
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  • India 2018 was the inaugural event of the Tata Steel Chess India. Hikaru Nakamura won the rapid section of the tournament, while former World Champion...
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    Chess.com's Chief Chess Officer Daniel Rensch, and the grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura for defamation and unlawful collusion. The complaint contained allegations...
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    finished sixth in the Candidates Tournament 2024, notably defeating Hikaru Nakamura in both of their games. Individual silver and team gold medals in the...
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    second behind defending champion Hikaru Nakamura. He scored 5/7 to qualify for the round-robin stage against Nakamura, 2006 champion Alexander Onischuk...
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    inaugural champion in 2019 was Wesley So. The current champion in 2022 is Hikaru Nakamura. The concept of Fischerandom chess originated as a proposal by former...
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    player, trainer and author known for being the trainer of his stepson Hikaru Nakamura, an American grandmaster. Weeramantry became a chess master at the...
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    Chess Super League, in which top chess players such as Gukesh D., Hikaru Nakamura, Anish Giri, Humpy Koneru and many others participated. "About ChessBase...
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    in 2009 to Hikaru Nakamura. In 2019 Aronian participated in the Chess960 event The Champions Showdown 9LX. There he faced Hikaru Nakamura in a series...
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    of world-class players, behind Daniil Dubov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Hikaru Nakamura, Vladislav Artemiev and Magnus Carlsen. Starting as the 169th seed...
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    prize was presented to Luke McShane for his round five win against Hikaru Nakamura. The organisers announced that there would be another tournament in...
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