At age 16, Hikaru Nakamaru took home the championship title at the US Chess Championships, in the process becoming the second youngest winner next to 14 year old Bobby Fischer in 1957. Five years later, now 21, Nakamaru yesterday took home his second title.
“I was very happy with my play throughout and relieved to have won the title again. Winning the second title feels better to me than the first,” he said after winning his 9th straight match, besting some of the top 24 players in the country.
As you can see from this photo of Nakamaru, the world of top-level chess moves fast. The prize for claiming the championship was a robust $40,000 which I can only imagine will be immediately squandered on more of those AWESOME sunglasses.
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