This reminds me of something Hans Niemann said. He mentioned that he loves the World Rapid & Blitz and wishes chess would adopt something closer to tennis, where different parts of the calendar emphasize different formats like clay season, grass season, and hard-court season. In chess, that could mean dedicated rapid seasons, blitz seasons, and classical seasons, with players specializing and peaking in different formats throughout the year. He said it will help them that it’s difficult to switch from classical to blitz in preparations.

I agree, I’ve been streaming chess on TikTok lately, I noticed the more rapid games I play, the terrible I become in blitz.