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Questions related to the Japanese-American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura.

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Why does Hikaru Nakamura avoid Carlsen?

I like watching Hikaru's youtube videos. His commentary on the games is very descriptive, unlike other players that stay quiet for most of the game. Hikaru's always talking, letting you know what's going on. However, one strange thing I've noticed…
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Does "juicer" mean bishop?

I watch many videos of Hikaru Nakamura and I hear very often the term "juicer." Is it a slang word to refer to the bishop?
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Popularity of the Scotch Game

I was looking back at a game played between Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen at the 2017 London Chess Classics in which Hikaru employed the Scotch game and played very creatively getting a winning advantage at one point. In the end, however, he…
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Why sacrificing a pawn was more preferable over more materialistic moves in Nakamura vs Ding in Altibox Norway Chess 2018?

Why sacrificing a pawn in this situation, 19... h5 is slightly more preferable by engine over more materialistic g6 or Kh8? This is in fact what Ding chose to play actually. Obviously, this is to protect from 20. Bh6, but I myself try not to give…
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Erenburg vs Nakamura 2004

Did Erenburg operated a winning exchange sacrifice vs Nakamura in the Reykjavik 2004 game , Sicilian Najdorf opening ? Or could Nakamura have defended the position ? I analyzed the following position with Houdini 6.02 but reached only depth = 34…
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Hikaru on chess960: Have there been more Najdorf or Dragon games in the past decade?

From Wikipedia: Hikaru in 2014 on chess960: (emphasis added) I think chess960 is great as it is simply pure intuition and understanding without theory or computers. In my opinion, a lot depends on the trends. For example, at the moment everyone is…
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