Astana World Blitz, Rapid Chess from July 1 - Carlsen Top Seed
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Fide has released the full list for Astana World Rapid and Blitz Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, 1-11 July 2012.
01. Magnus Carlsen 2835
02. Teimour Radjabov 2784
03. Sergey Karjakin 2779
04. Alexander Morozevich 2769
05. Vassily Ivanchuk 2764
06. Alexander Grischuk 2761
07. Veselin Topalov 2752
08. Peter Svidler 2741
09. Boris Gelfand 2727
10. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2726
Nominee of FIDE President
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami 2578
Two players for each event are nominated by the host organisers - Kazakhstan Chess Federation
RAPID
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 2595
Ismagambetov, Anuar 2478
BLITZ
Jumabayev, Rinat 2556
Kotsur, Pavel 2548
Three other players will qualify for the respective Blitz or Rapid Finals from the Semi Finals to be held between the 1st and 4th July 2012.
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Labels: astana world blitz chess, astana world rapid chess, Magnus Carlsen, sergey karjakin, teimour radjabov
posted by Chess Blog Admin @ 12:24 PM
1 Comments:
At June 19, 2012 at 4:37 AM ,
Angel, London said...
Not sure about the news but guess some confusion about ponomariov's includsion?
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