hikaru nakamura on the way to grab the world crown..

a streak at french leaugue, winning the US open, winning the world open, winning the donestia!

Donestia is the first category 18th tourney of hikaru and he sliced through it like a magical samurai..

GM Nakamura next serious chess tourney will be the one that will be held in England this december and Corus A.

Yeah I'm excited, all of the chess snobs turn their noses up at him.  "He isn't facing his contemporaries like Carlsen yada yada."  Especially since he turned down the Corus B invitation.  People forget that he beat Karjakin in a match in 2004. (Winner of 2008's Corus A).  A part of me is concerned though, American's want another Bobby Fischer so bad I think it may be overwhelming to a player.  It almost drove Gata to quit chess completely.  I'm hoping he does well, but managing expectations at the same time...

I hope his "methods" continue to work.  I think him having a NM as a second on the world stage clearly is bold... but hey, it's been working so far lol

I played Nakamura at the 2009 U.S. Open in a simul (full game on my profile, pictures in my album). He faced 26 opponents, ranging from 1600 to 1900, and beat us all. He's friendly too! I got his autograph.

Isnt Robson reputed to be the next/new Fischer now ? I dont think we are ever gonna see another like Fischer, not this century anyway. How many Capablancas have their been since Capablanca ? 

 On the other hand, good players aren't evenly distributed- 50 Capablanca's could all come along at once.

The problem is in the US many good young players come along and leave as chess is a very hard way to  make a living. Kamsky withdrew for a number of years, Wolff, Rachels, Wilder all gave it up.

Robson,Hess, Shankland are all very young talents in the US who are playing amazing, Nakamura also seems to have notched up his game some. 

I hope none of them become another Fischer as his live did not seem all that great to me (though his chess was mazing) but are able to balance living a normal life and reaching the top tier of the chess world.

Hikaru is from my old neighborhood. We are all very proud of his stellar accomplishments.

 If they werent abandoned by both parents then they already have an advantage over Fischer as far as having a normal life goes. I knew Rachels very well and have talked to him about his reasons for quitting chess. He said the life style of the top chess pros didnt appeal to him, he wanted to stay at home, have a dog, a family, a garden, etc. He did also mention the income, which he said was too unreliable and fluctuated wildly. Rachels is one of the nicest people I have ever met, in or out of chess. He is now a professor at Alabama U in Tuscaloosa.

just an update

a streak at french leaugue, winning the US open, winning the world open, winning the donestia!

Donestia is the first category 18th tourney of hikaru and he sliced through it like a magical samurai..

he won the chess 960 world championship crown in mainz!

he almost captured the ordix! had he done so the chess world will tremble.

naka current tourney is 18th japanese chess league, hes on top 6/6 and leading by 1 whole point.

Let's see how he fares in Corus. That will be interesting. But true, he is playing good, and his chess is refreshing

 I agree with the above. I just have a feeling that he is not quite world champion calibre, but 'just' another 2700+ player. Time will tell i guess.

a streak at french leaugue, winning the US open, winning the world open, winning the donestia!

Donestia is the first category 18th tourney of hikaru and he sliced through it like a magical samurai..

he won the chess 960 world championship crown in mainz!

he almost captured the ordix! had he done so the chess world will tremble.

GM nakamura sweep all the board in japan 7/7 winning the first prize in 18th japanese chess league.

check out his blog entry regarding the tournament.

http://www.hikarunakamura.com/main/Blog/tabid/57/EntryId/83/Japan-Recap.aspx

" 'just' another 2700+ player" ??? - There are not very many of them.