Chess is a great game. It’s a lot of fun, but sometimes you wonder what else is out there. Hikaru Nakamura Read Quote
When you’re 17 and 18 is when you get really good, and in college, you have to put the chess aside. Hikaru Nakamura Read Quote
I want to be ranked in the top 100 players. If I can achieve that, I’ll think about the world championship. Hikaru Nakamura Read Quote
There aren’t really any ‘American’ grandmasters that are higher rated than me. Hikaru Nakamura Read Quote
When you watch chess, you don’t see the four hours that the player spends preparing for a match ahead of time. Hikaru Nakamura Read Quote
The image that everyone has of a chess player is not necessarily positive. I think it’s partly due to Bobby Fischer – his rise to fame and then his descent into madness. That left a lot of people with negative stereotypes, of nerds who aren’t interesting. Hikaru Nakamura Read Quote
