Hikaru Nakamura, the grandmaster who gave up classical chess for several years and instead made a career as an online streamer with more than a million followers, scored the best result yet of his comeback on Friday, when he snatched first prize in the final round of the elite event at Stavanger from Fabiano Caruana. The reigning US champion and 2018 world title challenger had led all the way in an event where the world No1 Magnus Carlsen trailed in sixth out of 10.
Nakamura’s last gasp victory also made him the new world No2 behind Carlsen in the live ratings, with Caruana relegated to No3.
