From: Larry Kaufman COMCAST NET> Date: 7 apr 2003 Subject: Re: Hikaru Nakamura and Shogi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chiaki Ito" MAIL COM> To: TECHUNIX TECHNION AC IL> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 12:55 AM Subject: Hikaru Nakamura and Shogi > Does Hikaru Nakamura, whom I heard is the youngest GM in the U.S, play > Shogi? He has no interest in shogi. I don't know whether he knows the rules or not, but he does not play. If he doesn't, maybe someone should teach him... Don't you think? I'm sure he's aware of my shogi expertise, but he's never indicated to me any interest in learning or playing. I've known him since he was about 7 years old and see him often at tournaments, and I've known his stepfather for 25 years or more. He is far too single-minded about his chess career to want to learn shogi. > Is he a Japanese citizen? > His father is Japanese, but his mother is American. They divorced when he was very young and he and his mother and brother have lived in the U.S. ever since. His stepfather is from Sri-Lanka. I'm sure that he either is or will become a U.S. citizen; he does not speak Japanese or consider himself Japanese. > Chiaki