GM Hikaru Nakamura confirmed the birth of his child with WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan while competing at the Global Chess League Season 3 in Mumbai on December 14.

Hikaru Nakamura

Hikaru Nakamura

American GM and chess streamer

“…Yes, that’s something that I’ll think about, but right now I’m here for chess. So, it’s all good …Yeah, I feel pretty good!”

Hikaru Nakamura is an American GM and popular chess streamer. Atousa Pourkashiyan is a seven-time Iranian Women’s Champion and the 2019 Asian Women’s Chess Champion. The couple married in 2023.