Early Life
Nakamura was born in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, to a Japanese father and an American mother. When he was two years of age his family moved to the United States. He began playing chess prior to the age of five and was coached by his Sri Lankan stepfather, FIDE Master and chess author Sunil Weeramantry.
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