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Hikaru Nakamura

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Birthplace: Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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Son of Private and Private
Husband of Mariagrazia De Rosa and Atousa Pourkashiyan

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About Hikaru Nakamura

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikaru_Nakamura

Hikaru Nakamura (ヒカル・ナカムラ (in katakana), 中村 光 (in kanji) Nakamura Hikaru, born December 9, 1987) is a Japanese-born American chess grandmaster.

He is a five-time United States Chess Champion,[1] who won the 2011 edition of Tata Steel Group A and represented the United States at five Chess Olympiads, winning a team gold medal and two team bronze medals. He has also written a book about bullet chess called Bullet Chess: One Minute to Mate.[2]

His peak USCF rating was 2,900 in August 2015.[3] In October 2015, he reached his peak FIDE rating of 2816, which ranked him second in the world. In May 2014, when FIDE began publishing official rapid and blitz chess ratings, Nakamura ranked number one in the world on both lists.[4]

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Hikaru Nakamura's Timeline

1987
December 9, 1987
Hirakata, Osaka, Japan