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Christopher Hikaru Nakamura [2] (born December 9, 1987) is an American chess grandmaster, streamer, YouTuber, five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the reigning World Fischer Random Chess Champion. A chess prodigy , he earned his grandmaster title at the age of 15, the youngest American at the time to do so.
The players affected in the 2024 Candidates are R Praggnanandhaa, Vidit 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 1–3 and 8–10, while the latter two faced each other in rounds 1 and 8.
The top three finishers turned out to be the top three seeds, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and Hikaru Nakamura. All three were ranked among the top 10 in the world at the time, [2] so this tournament represents the first time Kasparov played against top chess players since his retirement in 2005. The total prize fund for the tournament was US ...
Fabiano Caruana (runner-up) 32 2803 2 Levon Aronian (third place) 42 2747 11 The three highest rated players in the April 2024 FIDE rankings: Hikaru Nakamura: 37 2802 3 Nodirbek Abdusattorov: 20 2768 6 Alireza Firouzja: 21 2763 7 Organizer's wild cards Viswanathan Anand (withdrew) 55 2750 10 Vincent Keymer: 20 2733 20 Winner of the World Chess ...
The Grand Chess Tour 2024 was a series of chess tournaments, which was the ninth edition of the Grand Chess Tour.It consisted of five tournaments with a total prize pool of US$1.4 million, including two tournaments with classical time control and three tournaments with faster time controls.
The eight qualifiers were Ian Nepomniachtchi, Teimour Radjabov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Alireza Firouzja, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Richárd Rapport, and Ding Liren. Sergey Karjakin was originally a qualifier, but was disqualified for breaching the FIDE Code of Ethics after publicly expressing approval of the Russian invasion of Ukraine .
Hikaru Nakamura (2) 1–0: E15 Queen's Indian Defence, Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowistch Variation: Fabiano Caruana (2½) Sergey Karjakin (3½) ½–½: E15 Queen's Indian Defence, Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Intermezzo Line: Round 7 – 19 March 2016: Peter Svidler (2½) Fabiano Caruana (3) ½–½: A35 English, Symmetrical, Four ...
United States' team, consisting of Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Leinier Dominguez, Levon Aronian and Ray Robson as a reserve player, had the highest average rating of 2757. [12] Nevertheless, the team, theoretically, was rendered weaker due to the absence of the top-ranked American player and second-highest rated player in the world Hikaru ...