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March 1998 Chess Scholar in the News
Ten year old chess player Hikaru Nakamura, a student at the Ridgeway School in White Plains, has beaten the record for the youngest American master ever. On February 26, 1998, at the age of ten years and 79 days, he raised his United States Chess Federation rating to 2203, after completing a tournament at the Marshall Chess Club. On his way, he scored his second win against an International Master, defeating IM Alex Stripunsky on February 19:
Follow the play on the Java Chessboard
IM Alex Stripunsky - Hikaru Nakamura
Marshall Chess Club, NY 1998
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.Be2 Be7 9.Kg1 Kg8 10.Nd2 Be6 11.N2b3 Qd7 12.Re1 Rfd8 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Bg5 e5 15 Bf1 h6 16.Bh4 a6 17.Qc2 Rc8 18.Rd1 b5 19.Qg6 Qe6 20.Rd3 Qf7 21.Qf5 Nh7 22.Qxf7+ Kxf7 23.Bxe7 Kxe7 24.Nc5 Ra8 25.h4 Nf6 26.f3 g5 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Re3 Re8 29.b4 Kd6 30.Rd1 a5 [Abandoning the b5 pawn to create complications.] 31.Bxb5 axb4 32.cxb4 Rxa2 33.Rc3 Nd4 34. Nb7+ Ke6 35.Rxd4 exd4 36.Rc6+ Ke5 37.Nc5 Re7 38.Nd3 Kf5 39.Nc1
39...Re1+ 40.Kh2 R2a1 41.Ne2 Rh1+ 42.Kg3 Nh5+ 0-1
For more about Hikaru, see this interview from
February 1997, and his recent win against IM Jay Bonin.
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