Hikaru Nakamura, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Hikaru Nakamura

American chess player

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1987

Place of Birth: Hirakata, Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Profession: chess player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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Hikaru Nakamura (???·???? (in katakana), ?? ? (in kanji), Nakamura Hikaru, born December 9, 1987) is a Japanese-born American chess grandmaster. He is a five-time United States Chess Champion, who won the 2011 edition of Tata Steel Group A and represented the United States at five Chess Olympiads, winning a team gold medal and two team bronze medals.
He has also written a book about bullet chess called Bullet Chess: One Minute to Mate.His peak USCF rating was 2900 in August 2015.
In October 2015, he reached his peak FIDE rating of 2816, which ranked him second in the world.
In May 2014, when FIDE began publishing official rapid and blitz chess ratings, Nakamura ranked number one in the world on both lists.