21-year-old NY man crowned US Chess champion
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Source: AP News
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man who won the U.S. Chess Championship when he was just 16 has reclaimed the title at the age of 21.
Hikaru Nakamura (pronounced Heh-CAR-uh NAH’-kuh-muh-rah) won the United States Chess Federation competition Sunday by beating Josh Friedel in the final round of the competition in St. Louis.
He takes home a $40,000 prize.
The chess ace from White Plains, N.Y., first won the title as a junior, breaking every age group record set by famed chess player Bobby Fischer, except that of youngest U.S. champion.
The competition was held over 10 days at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Is he the same as the Japanese sumo wrestler Nakamura?
Go Hikaru!
Could someone verify or correct the pronunciation of the champion’s name as described in the article? It doesn’t seem to agree with common usage.
The pronunciation given is wrong but that is not to say he doesn’t pronounce his name that way. I know lots of Japanese names which have been anglicized, inadvertently or not.
H Nishida