55 Quotes by Hikaru Nakamura

There aren't really any 'American' grandmasters that are higher rated than me.

I'm not a mad genius.

It's easy to become angry, but when you get better, you channel your energy into the game.

I've had to grow up pretty fast, which is not a good thing.

If you're not at the elite levels there are a lot more opportunities to play tournaments.

When you watch chess, you don't see the four hours that the player spends preparing for a match ahead of time.

The image that everyone has of a chess player is not necessarily positive. I think it's partly due to Bobby Fischer - his rise to fame and then his descent into madness. That left a lot of people with negative stereotypes, of nerds who aren't interesting.

A lot of people see a future where you could make a living as a chess player.

I like the feeling when you don't have much time and you have to think fast.