Hikaru Nakamura
Chess.com: hikaru · GM · United States
Known for: Blitz and bullet speed chess, live commentary streams
Hikaru Nakamura is an American grandmaster and five-time U.S. Chess Champion. He has held some of the highest blitz and bullet ratings ever recorded on Chess.com and is one of the most-watched chess streamers, known for narrating his thinking in real time during speed games.
Bullet
3397
Blitz
3460
Rapid
2838
Daily
2239
Blitz W-L-D
36050-5545-4377
Bullet W-L-D
17181-2527-1178
Rapid W-L-D
205-69-220
Daily W-L-D
73-11-4
Recent Games
60
Hikaru vs rezamahdavi2008
win-resigned
10/24/2026, 5:51:40 PM
60
yosephtaher vs Hikaru
win-resigned
10/24/2026, 5:53:06 PM
60
Hikaru vs Zhigalko_Sergei
resigned-win
10/24/2026, 5:54:48 PM
60
Oleksandr_Bortnyk vs Hikaru
repetition-repetition
10/24/2026, 5:59:07 PM
180
MountThief vs Hikaru
resigned-win
10/24/2026, 8:22:48 PM
180
Hikaru vs MountThief
checkmated-win
10/24/2026, 8:28:01 PM
180
gurelediz vs Hikaru
win-checkmated
10/24/2026, 8:33:57 PM
180
Hikaru vs NeonNinja73
win-resigned
10/24/2026, 8:48:20 PM
180
NeonNinja73 vs Hikaru
resigned-win
10/24/2026, 8:50:16 PM
180
Hikaru vs NeonNinja73
win-resigned
10/24/2026, 8:55:29 PM
About this page
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