Hikaru Nakamura plays chess like he talks — at a hundred miles an hour. The 35-year-old grandmaster has been the top ranked US player for over a decade and livestreams rapid fire games of online blitz ...

American Grandmaster Nakamura, who will be a contender at the Candidates next year, talks about how chess has changed and how ...

One day in May, chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura was watching the last two moves of Felix “xQc” Lengyel’s online chess game. Ever-patient, Nakamura had been mentoring Lengyel, a top Twitch streamer ...

For someone ranked No. 2 in the world, playing competitive games of chess sits curiously low on grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura’s list of priorities. “I look at it as something to do to get away from ...

Stars like Hikaru Nakamura are helping the classic game reach a new audience Stars like Hikaru Nakamura are helping the classic game reach a new audience is an entertainment editor covering streaming, ...