Hikaru Nakamura achieved a new peak Blitz rating of 3441 on Chess.com during the latest Title Tuesday on December 24. This surpasses his previous personal best and extends his lead at the top of the platform’s leaderboard.

As of December 25, his rating had dropped to 3432 points, but he still maintains a nearly 70-point gap over the second-ranked player, Magnus Carlsen, who has 3364 points. Overall, Hikaru has played 42,691 blitz games, winning 33,247, losing 5,270, and drawing 4,174, resulting in a win rate of 78%.

Nakamura’s previous record of 3438 was set during a 3 0 Thursday event earlier this year on November 13. 3 0 Thursday is a set of three weekly Swiss tournaments for verified titled players on Chess.com.

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