Hikaru Nakamura (1987-) is a Japanese-American chess grandmaster and streamer. He’s a chess prodigy and at the age of 15 became the youngest American to date (2003) to be awarded the title of Grandmaster.
Chess, the number 1,000, and Carlsen’s social media
Although the chess board has 64 squares, the number 1,000 relates to two recent chess milestones. World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen has made 1,000 tweets, including tweets about the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships. His 1,000th tweet linked to a “brand new social media platform.” On New Year’s Day, the Mechanics’ Institute posted its 1,000th Chess Room Newsletter. More 🡢
