Chess is a game where all different sorts of people can come together, not a game in which people are divided because of their religion or country of origin. Hikaru Nakamura Read Quote
I like the feeling when you don’t have much time and you have to think fast. Hikaru Nakamura Read Quote
No matter how badly you play, unless you make a flat-out blunder, there’s always going to be some narrow path to being able to save the game and draw instead of losing. Hikaru Nakamura Read Quote
It’s easy to become angry, but when you get better, you channel your energy into the game. Hikaru Nakamura Read Quote
If you’re not at the elite levels there are a lot more opportunities to play tournaments. Hikaru Nakamura Read Quote
I had been playing a lot of chess and I wasn’t really enjoying it, so I decided to go to college to see what else is out there for me. But after about six or seven months away from the game, I just decided that the whole college life wasn’t for me and that’s why I decided to come back. Hikaru Nakamura Read Quote
Everybody uses computers to train so much now that the first nine or 10 moves of a match are made without thinking. Hikaru Nakamura Read Quote
You can’t follow or understand the game unless you play chess yourself, unlike poker which you can pick up in five minutes. Hikaru Nakamura Read Quote