Nakamura was born in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, to an American mother, Carolyn Merrow Nakamura, a classically trained musician and former public school teacher, and a Japanese father, Shuichi Nakamura. … See more

In July 2002, Nakamura achieved 56th place at the 30th annual World Open tournament in Philadelphia.
In April 2004, Nakamura achieved a fourth-place finish … See more

Nakamura has set several "youngest-ever" records in U.S. chess history, including:
• Youngest to defeat an International Master in a USCF … See more

Nakamura appeared as himself in season 5, episode 2, of the Showtime series Billions, which premiered May 10, 2020. Nakamura is also an active stock market investor See more

At age 10, he became the youngest American to beat an International Master when he defeated Jay Bonin at the Marshall Chess Club. Also at age 10, Nakamura became … See more

Nakamura is particularly skilled at rapid and blitz chess, a variety of time controls in which players have less than an hour to complete all or most of their moves. In August 2022, … See more

Nakamura has played on the Internet Chess Club (ICC) (as "Capilanobridge"; formerly as "Smallville") and Playchess (as "Star Wars"). He served as a commentator and game … See more