1987 - Today
Christopher Hikaru Nakamura (born December 9, 1987) is an American chess grandmaster, streamer, YouTuber, five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the reigning World Fischer Random Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he earned his grandmaster title at the age of 15, the youngest American at the time to do so. With a peak rating of 2816, Nakamura is the tenth-highest-rated player in history. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hikaru Nakamura has received more than 4,483,091 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Hikaru Nakamura is the 192nd most popular chess player (up from 208th in 2019), the 1,462nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,539th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Chess Player.
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Among chess players, Hikaru Nakamura ranks 192 out of 374. Before him are Predrag Nikolić, Robert Byrne, Oleg Romanishin, Julio Bolbochán, Eros Riccio, and Albin Planinc. After him are Larissa Volpert, Alexander Grischuk, Nick de Firmian, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Fabiano Caruana, and Boris Gulko.
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 186
1928 - 2013
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 187
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.11
Rank: 188
1920 - 1996
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 189
1977 - Present
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 190
1944 - 2008
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 191
1987 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 192
1926 - 2017
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 193
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.67
Rank: 194
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 195
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 196
1992 - Present
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 197
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 198
Among people born in 1987, Hikaru Nakamura ranks 123. Before him are Mara Wilson, Esteban Granero, Candice King, Magdalena Neuner, Marcelo Martins Moreno, and Luisana Lopilato. After him are Jenna Presley, Mackenzie Davis, Ott Tänak, Matthew Daddario, Fabio Fognini, and Jon Jones.
1987 - Present
HPI: 42.20
Rank: 117
1987 - Present
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 118
1987 - Present
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 119
1987 - Present
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 120
1987 - Present
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 121
1987 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 122
1987 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 123
1987 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 124
1987 - Present
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 125
1987 - Present
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 126
1987 - Present
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 127
1987 - Present
HPI: 41.59
Rank: 128
1987 - Present
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 129
Among people born in Japan, Hikaru Nakamura ranks 1,462 out of 6,048. Before him are Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (1939), Kumiko Okae (1956), Norihiro Yagi (1968), Masaaki Shirakawa (1949), Yuji Naka (1965), and Jong Tae-se (1984). After him are Toshiaki Imai (1954), Asuka (1981), Tomohisa Yamashita (1985), Takao Sakurai (1941), Yoshinori Ishigami (1957), and Yumi Watanabe (1970).
1939 - 2017
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 1,456
1956 - 2020
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 1,457
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 1,458
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 1,459
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 1,460
1984 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 1,461
1987 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 1,462
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 1,463
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 1,464
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 1,465
1941 - 2012
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 1,466
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.80
Rank: 1,467
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.80
Rank: 1,468
Among chess players born in Japan, Hikaru Nakamura ranks 1.