Hikaru Nakamura becomes grandmaster
I played in a team chess tournament with Hikaru (he wasn't on my team) when I played for the Columbia University chess team. He was 10 or 11 at the time and a strong master.
Nakamura, who is home-schooled, said Fischer and current world champ Garry Kasparov are his heroes. Asked to compare himself to Fischer, he laughed that he himself is "more sane." - Link
