Hikaru Nakamura
American chess grandmaster and streamer
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| April 2025 | Competed in Freestyle Chess tournament in Paris. Placed sixth in the preliminary rapid-play round robin. Won knockout matches against Arjun Erigaisi and Vincent Keymer. Lost the tournament grand final to Magnus Carlsen, finishing second in the event. |
| March 2025 | Nakamura won the subsequent American Cup Blitz tournament, a nine-round Swiss event featuring a large field of grandmasters and strong players. |
| March 2025 | Nakamura won the American Cup, an eight-player double elimination tournament at the St. Louis Chess Club. He defeated Abhimanyu Mishra, Leinier Dominguez, and Fabiano Caruana in the winners bracket, then beat Caruana again in the tournament grand final to take first place. |
| March 2025 | Nakamura competed in the Champions Showdown at the Saint Louis Chess Club, playing matches at blitz, rapid, and semi-classical time limits. He lost to Fabiano Caruana, won against Ray Robson, and drew with Levon Aronian, finishing fourth on the prize money list with $37,625. |
| February 17 2025 | Signed with Team Falcons, an organization rumored to have connections to the Saudi Arabian royal family. |
| February 2025 | Nakamura competed in the Freestyle Chess tournament in Weissenhaus, Germany, placing fifth in the round-robin with wins against Fabiano Caruana, Vincent Keymer, and Vladimir Fedoseev. He won matches against Gukesh Dommaraju and Nodirbek Abdusattorov, but lost to Javokhir Sindarov in the playoffs. |
| February 2025 | Nakamura participated in the online Chessable Masters rapid tournament on chess.com. He won matches against Alexander Grischuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Alireza Firouzja. After losing to Magnus Carlsen in the winners bracket final, he won the losers bracket final against Nepomniachtchi in an Armageddon game, ultimately finishing second in the tournament and qualifying for the Esports World Cup. |
| 2024 | Won more Chess.com Titled Tuesday blitz tournaments than any other player, earning the site's Titled Cup award, 4.5 points ahead of Magnus Carlsen. |
| December 2024 | Participated in the World Rapid and Blitz Championships, finishing with modest results: 7.5/13 in rapid and 8.5/13 in blitz, ending well behind the leaders in both events. |
| October 2024 | Played in the Global Chess League in London, representing the American Gambits team. Achieved a +2 record, including wins against top players like Alireza Firouzja, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and Viswanathan Anand. Team finished fourth. |
| October 2024 | Competed in the Chess 9LX tournament at St. Louis Chess Club, finishing second with a 7/9 record in Fischer random chess. Narrowly missed first place after losing to tournament winner Fabiano Caruana. |
| August 2024 | Competed in Chess.com's Speed Chess Championship, qualifying for in-person semifinals. Lost the semifinal to Alireza Firouzja but won the consolation match against Hans Niemann, taking third place. |
| August 2024 | Participated as a wild card in the St. Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament, finishing third overall. Compiled an even score in rapid and a positive score in blitz sections. |
| July 2024 | Participated in the online CrunchLabs Masters tournament, qualifying with a 7/9 score in the Swiss play-in. Achieved several victories but was eventually eliminated from the tournament. |
| June 2024 | Won the Chess.com Bullet Chess Championship, defeating multiple grandmasters including Christopher Yoo, David Paravyan, Nihal Sarin, and Daniel Naroditsky. Ultimately lost the final to Alireza Firouzja. |
| May 2024 | Competed in Norway Chess tournament, finishing second with 15½ points behind Magnus Carlsen's 17½. Demonstrated strong performance in classical games with a +2 record and competitive Armageddon playoffs. |
| April 2024 | In the Candidates Tournament, Nakamura won three consecutive victories against Nijat Abasov, Rameshbaum Praggnanandhaa, and Alireza Firouzja, resulting in a three-way tie for first place with Ian Nepomniachtchi and Gukesh Dommaraju. |
| April 2024 | Participated in the Candidates Tournament 2024, initially struggling but later achieving a strong performance. Defeated Fabiano Caruana in the eighth round and secured a second-place finish with 8½/14 points, tied with Ian Nepomniachtchi and Gukesh D. |
| 2023 | Hikaru Nakamura married Atousa Pourkashiyan, a Woman Grandmaster. |
| December 2023 | Played in the Champions Chess Tour Finals, finishing fifth in the eight-player field with a strong regular game record (+6−3=9) but poor Armageddon performance. |
| November 20 2023 | Responded to Vladimir Kramnik's insinuation of cheating with a public statement on Twitter, expressing disappointment with Ian Nepomniachtchi for reposting Kramnik's claims. |
| October 2023 | Finished second in the FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 with 8/11 points, qualifying for the Candidates Tournament 2024. |
| August 2023 | Participated in the Chess World Cup 2023 as second seed. Won early rounds against Karthik Venkataraman and Benjámin Gledura, but ultimately lost to R Praggnanandhaa on tiebreaks. |
| July 2023 | Won his fourth Bullet Chess Championship title, defeating Magnus Carlsen in the Grand Final match. |
| June 2023 | Won Norway Chess 2023 by beating Fabiano Caruana in the final round, finishing ½ points ahead. This performance resulted in him being ranked No. 2 in FIDE's July rankings for the first time since 2015. |
| April 2023 | Won the Chessable Masters during the Champions Chess Tour, defeating Magnus Carlsen in the loser's bracket final and winning two matches against Fabiano Caruana in the grand final. |
| March 2023 | Secured his first over-the-board victory of the year at the American Cup, defeating GM Wesley So in the final. |
| February 2023 | Finished as runner-up in the Airthings Masters, coming in second to Magnus Carlsen. |
| December 2022 | Won his fifth consecutive Speed Chess Championship, defeating Magnus Carlsen 14½ vs. 13½ in the final. |
| December 30 2022 | Finished as runner-up in the World Blitz Chess Championship with a score of 15/21, behind Magnus Carlsen. |
| October 2022 | Won the second World Fischer Random Chess Championship, defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi in an armageddon match. |
| October 20 2022 | Became a defendant in a $100 million lawsuit filed by Hans Niemann related to the Carlsen-Niemann chess controversy. |
| August 2022 | Achieved the world's #1 ranking on both FIDE blitz and FIDE rapid chess lists. |
| June 16 2022 | Participated in the 2022 Candidates Tournament, finishing fourth with a score of 7½/14. |
| June 14 2022 | Joined Misfits Gaming as a content creator and influencer. |
| March 2022 | Suspended by Twitch for two days during the FIDE Grand Prix for broadcasting and commenting on chess games played by Dr Disrespect. |
| March 31 2022 | Secured first place in the Grand Prix 2022 series by defeating Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in rapid tiebreakers. |
| March 28 2022 | Defeated Andrey Esipenko in the FIDE Grand Prix third leg, finishing 4/6 in the round-robin stage and qualifying for the Candidates Tournament. |
| March 18 2022 | Won the 2022 Bullet Chess Championship hosted by chess.com, defeating Andrew Tang in the final. |
| February 2022 | Participated in the first leg of the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin, winning his pool and advancing to semifinals against Richárd Rapport, ultimately winning the tournament's first leg by defeating Levon Aronian in rapid tiebreakers. |
| 2021 | Competed in the New In Chess Classic, finishing second after losing to Magnus Carlsen in the final match. |
| 2021 | Participated in the Magnus Carlsen Invitational, placing fourth in the preliminary stage and qualifying for the knockout phase. Lost the quarterfinal match against Ian Nepomniachtchi. |
| December 2021 | Won Chess.com's 2021 Speed Chess Championship, defeating Wesley So 23-8 in the final match, marking his fourth consecutive victory in this event. |
| December 29 2021 | Forced to forfeit the first leg of the 2021 World Blitz Chess Championship after testing positive for COVID-19. |
| December 26 2021 | Participated in the 2021 World Rapid Chess Championship in Warsaw, finishing sixth after tiebreaks. |
| November 2021 | Participated in the Champions Chess Tour, qualifying for knockout stages of Skilling Open and Airthings Masters. After losing to Levon Aronian in the Airthings Masters quarterfinals, he and his team held a charity stream raising over $358,000 for CARE. |
| August 2021 | Won the Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz competition, his first over-the-board tournament since the COVID-19 pandemic began, with no losses. |
| February 2021 | Competed in the Opera Euro Rapid tournament of the Champions Chess Tour, failing to qualify for the knockout phase after losing a pivotal game against Sam Shankland. |
| February 14 2021 | Reached one million followers on his Twitch channel, GMHikaru. |
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