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Oleksii Nakonechnyi: gold in rapid chess

The 2024 world cadet championship, rapid, Open U10

≈ 1 min readBy Rooklume

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The World Cadet Rapid and Blitz Championships took place in Durrës, Albania, in April 2024. Ukraine’s Oleksii Nakonechnyi won the rapid event in the Open U10 age group. That is how his result is recorded in FIDE’s report.

His achievement has two important labels: rapid and U10. Rapid is a faster form of chess; U10 identifies the age group. “World rapid champion in his age group” is more precise than leaving those details out.

Pause and think

Question: which two details should you add to “world champion” to describe Oleksii’s 2024 result accurately? Answer: rapid and the Open U10 group.

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