Checkmate! 40 questions with America's chess champion Hikaru Nakamura

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Chess Grandmasters Hikaru Nakamura (R) plays Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the World Chess London Grand Prix. Nakamura is currently the world No. 3 and became a chess grandmaster at the age of 15.
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Sake is a Japanese wine made by fermenting rice. "I've found for playing, that it's generally not a good thing to be drinking," Nakamura says. "I will say there have been occasional times -- not when I'm playing, but when I'm studying -- that I have found a little bit of alcohol has been good for the creative process."
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