55 Quotes by Hikaru Nakamura

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

Life is very much about making the best decisions you can. So I think chess is very valuable.

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

In chess you try to do your best, but there are instances where you make mistakes or you try and take risks that you shouldn't. And I think losing games is a good thing, because you learn more from when you lose than when you win.

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.

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.

I will say there have been occasional times - not when I'm playing, but when I'm studying - that I have found a little bit of alcohol has been good for the creative process.

I get tired of the traveling.

Chess.com is my home turf.