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Name: Hikaru Nakamura
Born: December 9, 1987
Country: United States
Title: Chess Grandmaster
Skills
Very strong in Blitz and Bullet chess (very fast games).
Excellent tactical vision (sees combinations and tricks quickly).
Great speed and intuition in complicated positions.
Very strong at online chess.
Creative and aggressive playing style.
Family
His father is Soji Nakamura.
His stepfather is Sunil Weeramantry, who is a chess master and coach.
Sunil helped teach Hikaru chess when he was young.
Other facts
He became a Grandmaster at age 15.
He won the U.S. Chess Championship several times.
He streams chess online on Twitch and YouTube.
He often plays on
line on Chess.com.