Is He Grand or Great Master?
GM HIKARU BACKGROUND
The G.O.A.T of Chess by the name of Hikaru Nakamura was born on December 9th, 1989, at Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, to an American mother, Carolyn Merrow Nakamura, a classically trained musician and former public school teacher and a Japanese father, Shuichi Nakamura. Nakamura has an older brother named Asuka. When he was two years old, his family moved to the United States, and, a year later in 1990, his parents divorced. He began playing chess at the age of seven and was coached by his Sri Lankan stepfather, a FIDE Master and chess author Sunil Weeramantry.
CHESS CAREER
When Hikaru was at the age of 10, he became the youngest American to beat an International Master, when he defeated Jay Bonin at the Marshall Chess Club. Also at same age 10, Nakamura became the youngest player to achieve the title of chess master from the United States Chess Federation, breaking the record previously set by Vinay Bhat. In 1999 Nakamura won the Laura Aspis Prize, given annually to the top USCF-rated player under age 13. In 2003, at age 15 years and 79 days, Nakamura solidified his reputation as a chess prodigy, becoming the youngest American to earn the grandmaster title, breaking the record of Bobby Fischer by three months. Impressive right?
Well, currently Hikaru play Chess games online whereby some games he would start the game with lesser pieces compared to his opponent and yet he would still come on top. Isn't he the Great Master?
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