Wednesday Workout: FIDE World Rapid & Blitz, Pt. 10 (Nakamura & Caruana)

This week's Wednesday Workout continues our series on the 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships, held December 26 – 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!

This week's puzzles come from the 2025 American Cup finalists GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Fabiano Caruana. Nakamura won the American Cup with a classical victory over Caruana, who won the Champions Showdown earlier this month also in St. Louis. We look back on their finest moments from New York below. Another batch of puzzles featuring these players can be found in yesterday's Tactics Tuesday, which is more appropriate for beginner and intermediate players.

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