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 ...

Hikaru Nakamura says he was already burned out from professional chess when the pandemic gave him roughly three years to ...

Grandmaster chess player Hikaru Nakamura is known for playing fast with sharp instincts, quick calculations, and confidence under pressure. But at the FIDE Candidates Tournament, everything came to a ...

In a dramatic turn of events during the high-octane “Checkmate: USA vs India” chess exhibition in Arlington, Texas, American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura stole the spotlight, not just with his skills, ...

Belarusian GM Denis Lazavik has launched an extraordinary series of attacks on fellow players, declaring it "madness" to ...

Profess chess player, streamer, disruptor — Hikaru Nakamura is all of them. Only one happens to be his ‘real’ job. The world No.3 chess player with over two million subscribers on YouTube and nearly ...

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 ...

An 11-year-old chess prodigy has become the youngest woman grandmaster of all time, after a strong performance at the 46th Chess Olympiad. From facing Luke Littler to carrying on a rich Dutch ...

Step inside a candid interview with Hikaru Nakamura as he shares insights, strategies, and surprising thoughts about the ...

As the world of politics and video games continue to overlap, we could be on the cusp of witnessing yet another major politician feature on a Twitch live stream. The former United States President was ...