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Hikaru Nakamura, an Epic card
Christopher Hikaru Nakamura is an American chess grandmaster, internet personality, five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the 2022 World Fischer Random Chess Champion.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 91
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 530,000
Power 176 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Hikaru Nakamura quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hikaru Nakamura card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A chess prodigy, he earned his ______ title at the age of 15, the youngest American at the time to do so.
Answer
grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he earned his grandmaster title at the age of 15, the youngest American at the time to do so. From the Hikaru Nakamura article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Christopher Hikaru Nakamura is an American chess grandmaster, internet personality, five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the ____ World Fischer Random Chess Champion.
Answer
2020s. Christopher Hikaru Nakamura is an American chess grandmaster, internet personality, five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the 2022 World Fischer Random Chess Champion. From the Hikaru Nakamura article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve 94 · Hikaru Nakamura 91 · Jimmy Uso 88 · Björn Borg 84 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- A chess prodigy, he earned his grandmaster title at the age of 15, the youngest American at the time to do so.
- With a peak rating of 2816, Nakamura is tied as the tenth-highest-rated player in history and is officially ranked the No. 2 chess player worldwide by FIDE.
- Nakamura has represented the United States at seven Chess Olympiads, securing a team gold medal and two team bronze medals, and participated in four Candidates Tournaments, finishing seventh in the 2016 edition, fourth in the 2022 edition, second in the 2024 edition, and fifth in the 2026 edition.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hikaru Nakamura article was read about 530,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 91 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Hikaru Nakamura
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hikaru Nakamura (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : ChessKelly, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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