10/9/2015 – AGON now published the list of participants for the WCC in blitz and rapid which will begin on Saturday in Berlin. Top seed is Magnus Carlsen with a blitz rating of 2914. Ten participants can boast of a blitz rating of 2800+, more than 40 have 2700+ in blitz. They play for a prize fund of 200.000 USD, of which the winner will receive 40.000 USD. Here's the list.
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The World Chess Championship that determines the Champion in two categories: Rapid and Blitz. In total, the Championships will go on for 5 days. Both Rapid and Blitz Championships will be Swiss pairings tournaments and will be held over three days for Rapid and two days for Blitz. The Rapid will be fifteen rounds, with a single game for each round. The Blitz will have 21 rounds, with a single game for each round.
List of participants
The ratings given are blitz ratings
Name
Country
Highest Rating (Jan - Aug 2015)
Magnus Carlsen
Norway
2914
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
FRANCE
2854
Alexander Grischuk
Russia
2846
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Russia
2840
Vassily Ivanchuk
Ukraine
2835
Levon Aronian
Armenia
2830
Anand Viswanathan
India
2816
Teimour Radjabov
Azerbaijan
2808
David Navara
Czech Republic
2806
Sergey Karjakin
Russia
2805
Bohdanovych Stanislav
Ukraine
2804
Vladimir Fedoseev
Russia
2798
Alexander Morozevich
Russia
2790
Vladimir Kramnik
Russia
2783
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Azerbaijan
2780
Rauf Mamedov
Azerbaijan
2777
Igor Kovalenko
Latvia
2774
Dmitry Andreikin
Russia
2773
Ruslan Ponomariov
Ukraine
2770
Maxim Matlakov
Russia
2752
Boris Gelfand
Israel
2751
Peter Svidler
Russia
2750
Aleksey Dreev
Russia
2749
Leinier Dominguez
Cuba
2749
Evgeny Tomashevsky
Russia
2748
Vladimir Malakhov
Russia
2747
Leko Peter
Hungary
2747
Sergey Rublevsky
Russia
2746
Radoslaw Wojtaszek
Poland
2744
Son Nguyen Ngoc Truong
Vietnam
2743
Vladimir Onischuk
Ukraine
2743
Ernesto Inarkiev
Russia
2742
Harikrishna Pentala
India
2740
Nikita Vitiugov
Russia
2734
Boris Savchenko
Russia
2734
BACROT Etienne
France
2733
Pavel Eljanov
Ukraine
2733
Evgeny Alekseev
Russia
2729
Georg Meier
Germany
2726
Sergei Movsesian
Armenia
2724
Fressinet Laurent
France
2720
Eduardo Iturrizaga
Venezuela
2720
Markus Ragger
Austria
2711
ALeksandr Moiseenko
Ukraine
2710
Gadir Guseinov
Azerbaijan
2709
Francisco Vallejo Pons
Spain
2708
Aleksandr Rakhmanov
Russia
2704
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Uzbekistan
2704
Zoltan Almasi
Hungary
2701
Yuriy Kryvoruchko
Ukraine
2700
Lazaro Bruzon Batista
Cuba
2700
Zaven Andriasian
Armenia
2700
Anton Korobov
Ukraine
2699
Zhigalko Sergei
Belarus
2690
Vladislav Kovalev
Belarus
2690
Alexander Riazantsev
RUSSIA
2689
Daniel Fridman
Germany
2688
Romain Edouard
France
2684
Vladimir Akopian
Armenia
2684
Sasikiran Krishnan
India
2682
Salem A.R. Saleh
UAE
2682
Daniil Dubov
Russia
2681
Hrant Melkumyan
Armenia
2678
Eltaj Safarli
Azerbaijan
2676
Duda Jan-Krzysztof
Poland
2675
Adhiban Baskaran
India
2674
David Anton Guijarro
Spain
2673
Pavel Ponkratov
Russia
2673
Andrei Volokitin
Ukraine
2671
Tigran Petrosyan
Armenia
2671
Bartel Mateusz
Poland
2670
Bauer Christian
France
2670
Michael Roiz
Israel
2669
Peter Heine Nielsen
Denmark
2669
Sergey Fedorchuk
Ukraine
2668
Loek Van Wely
Netherlands
2667
Gawain Jones
England
2666
Alexander Motylev
Russia
2665
Ivan Ivanisevic
Serbia
2663
Ildar Khairullin
Russia
2662
Alexander Onischuk
USA
2662
Grzegorz Gajewski
Poland
2661
Vadim Zvjaginsev
Russia
2661
Axel Bachmann
Paraguay
2656
Stelios Halkias
Greece
2652
Yasser Seirawan
USA
2651
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
India
2651
Denis Khismatullin
Russia
2651
Evgeny Postny
Israel
2648
Socko Bartosz
Poland
2643
Mikhail Demidov
Russia
2643
S.P. SETHURAMAN
India
2640
Evgeny Romanov
Russia
2639
Luka Lenic
Slovenia
2639
Dariusz Swiercz
Poland
2634
Martyn Kravtsiv
Ukraine
2634
Milos Perunovic
Serbia
2633
Yuri Vovk
Ukraine
2632
Surya Sekhar Ganguly
India
2631
Maxim Dlugy
USA
2628
Zhong Zhang
Singapore
2628
Nils Grandelius
Sweden
2628
Victor Mikhalevski
Israel
2628
Victor Bologan
Moldova
2623
Miguel Munoz Pantoja
Spain
2621
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami
Iran
2616
Helgi Olafsson
Iceland
2614
Vladimir Belov
Russia
2614
Antonios Pavlidis
Greece
2610
Falko Bindrich
Germany
2610
Rinat Jumabayev
Kazakhstan
2607
Simen Agdestein
Norway
2606
Predrag Nikolic
Bosnia Herzegovina
2606
Grigoriants Sergey
Russia
2606
Eric Hansen
Canada
2605
Matthias Bluebaum
Germany
2600
Hannes Stefansson
Iceland
2600
Kateryna Lagno
Russia
2599
Evgenij Agrest
Sweden
2596
Kacper Piorun
Poland
2592
Mikhail Antipov
Russia
2590
Vitaly Kunin
Germany
2589
Benjamin Bok
Netherlands
2586
Maze Sebastien
France
2585
Alexander Huzman
Israel
2585
Maxime Lagarde
France
2583
Namig Guliyev
Azerbaijan
2581
Johann Hjartarson
Iceland
2576
Alexander Donchenko
Germany
2570
Dennis Wagner
Germany
2569
Danilo Milanovic
Serbia
2564
Demuth Adrien
France
2562
Vladimir Dobrov
Russia
2562
Jaan Ehlvest
USA
2558
Bartlomiej Heberla
Poland
2558
Andreas Heimann
Germany
2557
Maxim Lugovskoy
Russia
2553
Rene Stern
Germany
2552
Andrei Shchekachev
France
2552
Alexander Naumann
Germany
2548
Michele Godena
Italy
2547
Alexander Shabalov
USA
2544
Milos Pavlovic
Serbia
2544
Ernst Sipke
Netherlands
2540
Vahap Sanal
Turkey
2539
Roland Schmaltz
Germany
2538
Florian Handke
Germany
2537
Rasmus Svane
Germany
2531
Ilja Schneider
Germany
2530
Margeir Petursson
Iceland
2529
Goran Cabrilo
Serbia
2528
Jose Cuenca Jimenez
Spain
2527
Mohammed Al-Sayed
Qatar
2525
Vasily Papin
Russia
2521
Aryan Tari
Norway
2521
Wojciech Przybylski
Poland
2519
Jean-Noel Riff
France
2519
Jorden van Foreest
Netherlands
2519
Daniel Hausrath
Germany
2515
Michael Richter
Germany
2513
Christian Seel
Germany
2512
Ramil Hasangatin
Russia
2509
Michael Bezold
Germany
2509
Zaur Mammadov
Azerbaijan
2505
Robert Rabiega
Germany
2504
Andrey Gutov
Russia
2501
Dennes Abel
Germany
2501
Hagen Poetsch
Germany
2500
Leonardo Valdes Romero
Costa Rica
2500
Jonathan Carlstedt
Germany
2475
Ottomar Ladva
Estonia
2466
Tobias Hirneise
Germany
2453
Tomas Krnan
Canada
2448
Roven Vogel
Germany
2448
Lars Thiede
Germany
2446
Johannes Carow
Germany
2430
Ido Ben Artzi
Israel
2419
Rainer Polzin
Germany
2416
Jose Camacho Collados
South Korea
2403
Alexander Hilverda
Germany
2396
Martin Brüdigam
Germany
2379
Elvira Berend
Luxembourg
2370
Jacob Carstensen
Denmark
2335
Filiz Osmanodja
Germany
2309
Klaudia Kulon
Poland
2286
Marco Au. Zaror Cordeiro
Brazil
2228
Giovanni Anton. Thornton
New Zealand
2210
Lorena Zepeda
El Salvador
2108
Jure Borisek
Slovenia
2582
Andrey Sumets
Ukraine
2644
Allan Stig Rasmussen
Denmark
2576
Esteban Valderrama
Colombia
2542
Mher Hovanissyan
Belgia
2509
Bocharov Dmitry
Russia
2679
Leonid Sawlin
Germany
2258
Adel Choukri
Morocco
2267
Schedule
OCTOBER 9 (Friday) Opening Ceremony: 7PM
Location: Kino International: Karl-Marx-Allee 33, 10178 Berlin, Germany
Invitation Only (players and guests will receive invitations separately)
OCTOBER 10 (Saturday)
Rapid Championship (Day 1): Start: 2PM
OCTOBER 11 (Sunday)
Rapid Championship (Day 2): Start: 2PM
OCTOBER 12 (Monday)
Rapid Championship (Day 3): Start: 2PM
OCTOBER 13 (Tuesday)
Blitz Championship (Day 1): Start: 2PM
OCTOBER 14 (Wednesday)
Blitz Championship (Day 2): Start: 2PM
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