This is the very first book to focus exclusively on Hikaru Nakamura, the greatest American chess player since the legendary Robert James Fischer. The book features a prologue penned by Lubomir Kavalek, who was none other than Bobby's insider and supporter at the match of the century against Boris Spasski in 1972. In this book, grandmaster Karsten Müller from Hamburg and chess journalist Raymund Stolze from Berlin document the 24-year-old's fascinating journey to the top of world chess. Interestingly, Hikaru was not a typical child prodigy, and at his first Junior World Championships didn't even make it onto the winners' podium. Although he won a World Cup medal aged just 13, today he creates true miracles.

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Karsten Muller is a German Grandmaster and the coauthor of "Fundamental Chess Endings" and "How to Play Chess Endgames." He finished third in the German Championship in 1996, and was runner-up in 1997. Raymund Stolze is a chess journalist. Lubosh Kavalek is a Czech-Americanworld-class chess player who holds both the International Master and International Grandmaster titles, won two Czechoslovak and three U.S. championships, and was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame in 2001. He is the chess columnist for the "Huffington Post" and the former chess columnist for the "Washington Post." He lives in Reston, Virginia.