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 Copy Share Image
It's very encouraging that the game of chess is growing in the U.S. and is becoming more popular. — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
I like the feeling when you don't have much time and you have to think fast. — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
Chess is a game where all different sorts of people can come together, not a game in which people are divided because of their… — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
In poker, you want to play the weaker guys. In chess, it's the opposite. — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
When you watch chess, you don't see the four hours that the player spends preparing for a match ahead of time. — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
In chess you try to do your best, but there are instances where you make mistakes or you try and take risks that you… — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
One thing with Garry, and I think it is due in a large part to his Soviet training, he'll never quite understand that you have to be able to criticize constructively. When you have someone who is always on your case and it's never good enough no matter how you win a game, it just brings you down, you lose… — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share
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… — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
Well, I think, in large part, when I first began playing chess at seven years old, I was quite bad at it. I lost… — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
What was great about Fischer is that when he became world champion is that chess was being covered everywhere. It was in all the… — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
