Ideas, Openings & Improvement

Reflexes are supposed to decline. Hikaru Nakamura, 38, is instead chasing his own single-season bullet record. Here is why speed chess ages differently than assumed.

Nihal Sarin had never reached the Grand Final before. Then he beat the three-time defending champion twice in a row without losing a single game in between.

A 15-game streak. A dethroned three-time champion. A 30-second time control. Here is why the fastest formats in chess are also its biggest draw right now.