Hikaru Nakamura | Carlsen's Decision, Training with Kasparov, New Generation | C-Squared E004

GM Hikaru Nakamura joins the C-Squared crew for an in depth discussion about his life as a chess professional, his early prodigious years, the intensity of working with Garry Kasparov, and many more. Enjoy! ♟️Play With Us: https://www.chess.com/join/csqpod?ref_id=207174611 👕MERCH: https://c-squared.shop/ 🌐 Website: https://c2pod.com/ ☕Buy Us A Coffee : buymeacoffee.com/c2pod 🐦Twitter/X : https://x.com/CSQpod 📸Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/csqpod/ 💬Discord : https://discord.gg/XeP3tENMTr This episode was filmed on 9.13.2022 . Podcast is available on all streaming platforms, check banner for more ways to listen. Fabi and Hikaru's first encounter : https://www.365chess.com/game.php?gid=2942544 Hikaru's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/GMHikaru Hikaru's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/gmhikaru Follow the show on social media: https://twitter.com/CSQpod Follow the hosts on social media: Fabiano Caruana twitter https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana Fabiano Caruana Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fabianocaru... Cristian Chirila twitter https://twitter.com/CristianChirila Cristian Chirila Instagram https://www.instagram.com/crischirila/ 0:00 - Intro 1:02 - Ultimate Moves 3:20 - Hikaru’s chess beginnings 9:07 - Ambition 11:49 - Insanity Tournament 12:57 - Hikaru and Fabi discuss meeting for the first time and NY Masters 14:00 - Hikaru tells us about his chess heroes and working with Garry Kasparov 18:56 - Hikaru speaks on finding his chess path 20:05 - “Why were you considering quitting chess?” 21:54 - The next generation of players 27:10 - Calcification, changing up your style 36:31 - The Candidates 38:36 - Getting serious about streaming 43:14 - Internet trolls and burnout 48:00 - Chess during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic 50:14 - “Streaming, it changed everything.” 53:07 - High pressure on high steaks tournaments 58:22 - Magnus giving up the title 1:02:06 - What’s the best way to decide the world champion? 1:04:55 - Online chess takeover and sponsors 1:09:29 - Hikaru vs Magnus 1:12:49 - Pushing to 2750 1:18:16 - Players to watch 1:20:03 - Hikaru wants to know how the guys are enjoying making the podcast + outro #chess #fabianocaruana #hikarunakamura