getting too old

Posted by Alexander Power

Received: 2025-01-04 23:57:34
Channel: Chess - Chess discussion and games
In reply to: one thought per chess game (on the AppleVision) (View Chain)

https://lichess.org/@/ebk1976/blog/aging-in-chess/T89V532P

What made me consider this subject was watching the performance of the legendary streamer Hikaru Nakamura in the recent FIDE World Rapid and Blitz. Hikaru was showing his excellent class, but in time scrambles, would blunder wins into losses far too often. In post-game interviews on his channel, Hikaru would repeatedly tell his fans things along the line of: "I'm getting too old...I can't think in time scrambles anymore...it's not anything that will probably ever get better" He ended with the chilling statement: "I think this is the beginning of the end for me. This probed me to examine how age affected top players of earlier years, and here are the results.

⚙️ Mr. Nakamura was born in December 1987.