Hikaru Nakamura
American chess grandmaster and internet personalityWikipedia
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Oct 23, 2026
Daphne ZoharHOST
So Ali, I'd like you to tell us about the history briefly.
Daphne ZoharHOST
And please don't forget to mention why Hikaru Nakamura was wearing a Silence shirt at a chess tournament.
Ali MortazaviGUEST
Okay.
Ali MortazaviGUEST
Thanks for having me on, guys.
AnnaHOST
Caruana hatte in dieser Woche übrigens noch einen zweiten Grund zum Feiern.
AnnaHOST
Ausgerechnet am spielfreien Tag der amerikanischen Meisterschaft gewann er Titled Tuesday auf chess.com. Mit neuneinhalb Punkten aus elf Partien setzte er sich vor Hikaru Nakamura und Nihal Sarin durch.
AnnaHOST
Dabei sah lange alles nach einem Triumph für Nihal aus.
AnnaHOST
Der indische Großmeister gewann seine ersten neun Partien hintereinander.
Luke BraunHOST
You know that I enjoy professional chess and observing that from afar.
Luke BraunHOST
And those guys, I mean, like Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen and all of the big names in there right now, Fabiano Caruana, they'll all talk about how by the third day of a chess tournament, or even by like halfway through, you know, an eight game tournament or something like that, the biggest opponent is fatigue, is stamina.
Luke BraunHOST
And these are professional chess players.
Luke BraunHOST
Like these guys are all about being, you know, mentally sharp at all times and logic and strategy and stuff.
Sam BelknapGUEST
I think his name's Dante.
Sam BelknapGUEST
And now they have Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura.
Sam BelknapGUEST
But that's what I thought I was getting into.
Sam BelknapGUEST
And so I was, like, scrolling through, and I'm like, wow, this is really cool.
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Sam BelknapGUEST
It can be Grandmaster or high level.
Sam BelknapGUEST
Whatever opening database you have access to, just find one that's a higher level game of yours.
Sam BelknapGUEST
It doesn't work all of the time because for my Vienna game, my Vienna Bishops opening, Hikaru Nakamura plays one and I pulled that one up thinking it would be great.
Sam BelknapGUEST
but it was like one of his blitz games.
Dan HeismanGUEST
But they got it.
Dan HeismanGUEST
I mean, when Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura were kids, they came here to Philadelphia to play in the World Open and the National Chess Congress every year.
Dan HeismanGUEST
I knew their parents.
Dan HeismanGUEST
You know, Sunil Virumantri is Hikaru's father.
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