Contemporary GMs and Events
The item of clothing that Magnus Carlsen refused to change at the 2024 FIDE World Rapid Championship.
What are jeans?
The highest ELO rating ever achieved in chess.
What is 2882?
The chess educator and author known as "The Internet's Chess Teacher" who published the book "How to Win at Chess".
Who is GothamChess / Levy Rozman?
The two chess formats in which Nakamura is renowned for his skills.
What are Blitz and Bullet?
The only chess piece that can never be blocked by another piece.
What is a knight?
The player who ended Magnus Carlsen's record 125-game unbeaten streak in classical chess in October 2020.
Who is Jan-Krzysztof Duda?
The number of moves in the longest official chess game.
What is 269 moves?
Who is Alexandra Botez / Andrea Botez?
The number of times that Nakamura has won the US Chess Championship.
What is 5 times?
The tactic which was used by Paul Morphy to win the Opera Game.
What is a queen sacrifice / double check?
The grandmaster who had an elite-level unbeaten streak of 100 games from August 2017 to November 2018 before Magnus Carlsen broke the record.
Who is Ding Liren?
The player who held the world chess champion title for the longest period.
Who is Emanuel Lasker?
The chess content creator known as "Agadmator" on YouTube.
Nakamura's first chess coach.
Who was Sunil Weeramantry?
The name of the chess variant played on a 10x10 board that includes the Chancellor and Archbishop as pieces.
What is Capablanca chess?
The youngest player to make the world's top ten live chess rankings in 2021.
Who is Alireza Firouzja?
The largest number of simultaneous chess games played by a single person.
What is 604 games?
The Canadian streamer known as "the chess nerd" who focuses on making chess accessible to all levels.
Who is Zachary Saine?
The notable achievement that Nakamura earned at age 10.
What is becoming the youngest American chess master?
The maximum number of moves in the longest possible chess game that is allowed by the 50-move rule.
What is 8848 moves?
The American grandmaster who holds the world record for the most games played in a blindfold simultaneous exhibition, with 48 games total.
Who is Timur Gareyev?
The chess grandmaster who holds the record for the fastest bullet win, finishing in just 5 seconds.
Who is Andrew Tang?
The Brazilian grandmaster and chess.com content director known for Portuguese-language chess content.
Who is Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian?
Nakamura's FIDE classical rating as of May 2025.
What is 2804?
The location of the world's largest chess piece.
Where is Saint Louis, Missouri?