Wednesday Workout: FIDE World Rapid & Blitz, Pt. 1 (Yip Week)

This week's Wednesday Workout begins a multi-week feature on the 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships, held December 26 through 31 in New York. Our coverage of the rapid and blitz events focused on the winners, but several dozen Americans competed and many gained rating and delivered some nice upsets. So, we'll be taking a look at their games for the next few weeks! 

There's no better place to start than with IM Carissa Yip, who boasted several strong wins in the rapid and a top-eight finish in the blitz. She even did us the favor of taking over our Twitter account for a few brief, glorious moments. In her own words, "she may have lost the match, but she won our hearts."

 

Photos courtesy of Lennart Ootes/FIDE (1,4,5) and Michal Walusza/FIDE (2,3)

 

We will be following the same format for our Tactics Tuesday series, as well, which features puzzles that are geared towards beginner and more intermediate players.

 

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Download our printable worksheet, or solve along with our interactive study.

 

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