The best Quotes by Hikaru Nakamura

The best Quotes by Hikaru Nakamura

Christopher Hikaru Nakamura (born December 9, 1987) is an American chess grandmaster, streamer, YouTuber, five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the reigning World Fischer Random Chess Champion.

Critical thinking is the most important factor with chess. As it is in life, you need to think before you make decisions.

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.

The single most important thing in life is to believe in yourself regardless of what everyone else says.

In poker, you want to play the weaker guys. In chess, it's the opposite.

What was great about Fischer is that when he became world champion is that chess was being covered everywhere. It was in all the major newspapers, it was on TV.

Quotes about Hikaru Nakamura

People know three chess players: Magnus, Hikaru and me. That's bad. That's not my fault. And I hope it changes.

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You know how the game of chess is played. Pieces must be sacrificed!

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The only opponents who aren't coming up with excuses for being defeated by me are computers.

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All that matters on the chessboard is good moves.

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What's worth more than a Queen? You are.

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Chess is a constant struggle between my desire not to lose and my desire not to think.

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"Checkmate" doesn't mean you've simply cornered the enemy king. It's a declaration that the enemy king is yours.

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It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you've made, and there's this panic because you don't know yet the scale of disaster you've left yourself open to.

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I believe that cheating in chess is a big deal and an existential threat to the game.

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Phoenix: "Hey Sova! We're gonna hit the chessboard after this, yeah?"
Sova: "You lack the patience, friend. Learn that first, then we'll approach strategy."

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Phoenix: "I should have picked this game."
Cypher: "[playing chess] Winning requires sacrifice. Not really your style."

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I wanted to begin chatting to whoever the chess guy was... oh, it's you? What's your favorite opening? I bet it's not a v*gina.

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Chess is mental torture.

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I like the moment when I break a man's ego.

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America is totally under control of the Jews, you know. I mean, look what they're doing in Yugoslavia.

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The U.S. and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them.

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Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.

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I believe that Niemann has cheated more - and more recently - than he has publicly admitted. His over the board progress has been unusual, and throughout our game in the Sinquefield Cup I had the impression that he wasn't tense or even fully concentrating on the game in critical positions, while outplaying me as black in a way I think only a handful of players can do.

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I've withdrawn from the tournament. I've always enjoyed playing in the Saint Louis Chess Club, and hope to be back in the future. If I speak I am in big trouble.

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My favourite player from the past is probably myself, like, 3-4 years ago.

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I'm really happy, obviously. As happy as you can be, beating a 16 year old.

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Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.

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People spend more time talking than thinking.

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As I fear not a child with a weapon he cannot lift, I will never fear the mind of a man who does not think.

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Few people think, but many want to rule.

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Make a lot of chips, life is a game of poker

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"You should have played online poker."
"I don't know how to play. I would have ended up losing my grandma's house."

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Smiles and laughter are always good, but never forget your Poker Face!

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Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

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But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

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