Magnus Carlsen will be competing for the world championship titles in rapid and blitz chess, despite having recently relinquished his title as world champion in classical chess

The World Rapid Chess Championship is supposed to be all about managing time because it tests players’ ability to play well in time trouble

The first day of the FIDE World Rapid Championship, part of the Rapid and Blitz Championships marathon that traditionally takes place on Dec 26 – 30 of each year

Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alireza Firouzja, and Hikaru Nakamura are already in Warsaw for the traditional end of year tournament, the 2021 World Rapid and Blitz