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… — 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… — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
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
