GM

Nakamura, Hikaru

#2 World

USA USA·Born 1987·FIDE #2016192·9,745 Games

Classical27927,885 Games
Rapid2742723 Games
Blitz28381,200 Games

Statistics

9745

Total

5472

Wins

2805

Draws

1465

Losses

56%29%15%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 93.8% average
High resilience (67%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 93%
Very consistent (89%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.h3 ♔ (96% in 35 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 2,670 analyzed

Accuracy by phase
Opening96.0%
Middlegame93.8%
Endgame95.5%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+4%
Winning (+2 or more)95%
184 Games
Equal position96%
254 Games
Losing (-2 or more)91%
62 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

22%
53 errors
21%
51 errors
16%
39 errors
15%
36 errors
13%
32 errors
11%
27 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 37average
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
40% of blunders occur between move 26-35. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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7
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Many
Few
Critical squares
b310 err
d88 err
e58 err
f48 err
a37 err
b3/d8 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

L
Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel2613

Titled Tue 26th May 2026 · 26 May 2026

0-1
W
Vlassov, Nikolai2322

Titled Tue 26th May 2026 · 26 May 2026

1-0
W
Negrean, Andrei2353

Titled Tue 26th May 2026 · 26 May 2026

0-1
L
Dau Khuong Duy2521

Titled Tue 26th May 2026 · 26 May 2026

0-1
W
Rustemov, Alexander2525

Titled Tue 26th May 2026 · 26 May 2026

0-1
W
Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos2533

Titled Tue 26th May 2026 · 26 May 2026

1-0

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!
White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black
Grünfeld
69.2%
13 Games·Loses

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5

London System
66.7%
12 Games·Loses

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5

Strengths

AVOID
White
1.h3 d5 2.d4 Nf6
100.0%
10 Games·Wins

1.h3 d5 2.d4 Nf6

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6
92.9%
14 Games·Wins

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6

Black
Reti: KIA
60.0%
50 Games·Wins

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6

Sicilian: e6 Systems
53.3%
92 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors
#8Bg4??
Tactics
vs Martinez Alcantara
OTB·2026
#27Nxf4??
Tactics
vs Xiong
OTB·2026
#20Bxh6??
Tactics
vs Deac
OTB·2026
#99Kf5??
Endgame
vs Caruana
OTB·2026
#33Kg7??
Tactics
vs Pakleza
OTB·2026
#30Qf4??
Tactics
vs Moosavifar
OTB·2026
#64b3??
Endgame
vs Dau Khuong Duy
OTB·2025
#66Kd3??
Endgame
vs Ismayilova
OTB·2025
#67a5??
Endgame
vs Caruana
Rapid·2025
#45h4??
Endgame
vs Gukesh D
OTB·2025
Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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4919 Games
61%27%12%
1.e4
69%
1546
1.Nf3
81%
1502
1.d4
67%
877
1.b3
83%
394
1.c4
70%
278
1.g3
89%
109
1.a3
84%
49
1.h4
84%
47
1.h3
96%
35
1.b4
86%
25
1.g4
76%
19
1.f4
69%
18
1.e3
92%
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1.a4
80%
5
1.Nc3
50%
3
1.c3
0%
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1.f3
50%
2
1.d3
100%
1
1.Nh3
100%
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