7/7/2012 – This event has sixteen players, ten of whom were seeded to the final, three won places in a qualifier, and two are wild cards from the host nation. After the first day the "twin prodigies" Sergey Karjakin and Magnus Carlsen are in the lead with 4.5/5 points and 3000+ performances. Rounds 6-15 will be played this weekend, followed by a Blitz Championship on Monday and Tuesday. Illustrated report.
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World
blitz and rapid chess championship
The Official World Blitz and Rapid Chess Championships are being held from
July 1-11, 2012, in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. It is worth noting
that the Rapid Chess Championship is a first in the history of FIDE! The top
ten players of the current FIDE rating list have the right to take part in the
championships. The total prize fund is US $400,000.
The qualifiers held prior to the finals saw chess players from all over the
world getting a chance to advance to the main event. Alexey Dreev, Igor Kurnosov
and Vladislav Tkachiev won places, Murtas Kazhgaleyev and Anuar Ismagambetov
were nominations by the host nation.
Participants of the Rapid Chess Championship
Ti.
Name
Nat.
rating
Born
GM
Carlsen, Magnus
NOR
2837
1990
GM
Radjabov, Teimour
AZE
2788
1987
GM
Karjakin, Sergey
RUS
2779
1990
GM
Morozevich, Alexander
RUS
2770
1977
GM
Ivanchuk, Vassily
UKR
2769
1969
GM
Grischuk, Alexander
RUS
2763
1983
GM
Topalov, Veselin
BUL
2752
1975
GM
Svidler, Peter
RUS
2749
1976
GM
Bologan, Viktor
MDA
2732
1971
GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
AZE
2726
1985
GM
Gelfand, Boris
ISR
2724
1968
GM
Dreev, Aleksey
RUS
2677
1969
GM
Tkachiev, Vladislav
FRA
2644
1973
GM
Kurnosov, Igor
RUS
2605
1985
GM
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas
KAZ
2537
1973
GM
Ismagambetov, Anuar
KAZ
2491
1986
There are five games per day, starting at 15:00h local time. The first day
brought the following results:
In the joint lead: Sergey Karjakin, 2779, with 4.5/5 points
Second seed GM Teimour Radjabov from Azerbaijan, 2788, 3.5/5
Bulgarian GM Veselin Topalov, 2752, with 3.5/5
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan, 2726, at 50%
World Championship challenger Boris Gelfand
Gelfand signing autographs for chess fans
Chief arbiter Andrzej Filipowicz, top seed Magnus Carlsen
International Arbiter Anastasia Sorokina from Australia
GM Viktor Bologan, Moldova, with arbiter Faik Gasanov of Azerbaijan
Arbiters Rimma Antonova, Ukraine, and Ashot Vardapetyan, Armenia
Astana with its landmark observation tower Bayterek
Modern buildings lit up in the night sky
Sunset and a crescent moon in Astana
Remaining program
July 6, Fri.
15:00
Rapid Chess Championship 1 – 5 rounds
July 7, Sat.
15:00
Rapid Chess Championship 6 – 10 rounds
July 8, Sun.
15:00
Rapid Chess Championship 11 – 15 rounds
July 9, Mon.
15:00
World Blitz Chess Championship rounds 1 – 15
July 10, Tues.
15:00
World Blitz rounds 16–30; closing ceremony
July 11, Wed.
Departure of participants
World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship
The World Rapid Chess Championship will be played in three days as a round-robin
event with five rounds per day. Time controls are 15 minutes for all moves plus
10 seconds increment per move. The World Blitz is a sixteen-player double round
robin with 15 rounds per day. The time control is three minutes + two seconds
increment per move. These are the participants
Rapid Chess Championship
Blitz Chess Championship
Magnus Carlsen
2837
Magnus Carlsen
2835
Teimour Radjabov
2788
Teimour Radjabov
2784
Sergey Karjakin
2779
Sergey Karjakin
2779
Alexander Morozevich
2770
Alexander Morozevich
2769
Vassily Ivanchuk
2769
Vassily Ivanchuk
2764
Alexander Grischuk
2763
Alexander Grischuk
2761
Veselin Topalov
2752
Veselin Topalov
2752
Peter Svidler
2749
Peter Svidler
2741
Boris Gelfand
2738
Boris Gelfand
2727
Viktor Bologan
2732
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
2726
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
2726
Dmitry Andreikin
2700
Alexey Dreev
2677
Le Quang Liem
2693
Igor Kurnosov
2663
Nikolai Chadaev
2605
Vladislav Tkachiev
2644
Darmen Sadvakasov
2629
Murtas Kazhgaleyev
2589
Rinat Jumabayev
2556
Anuar Ismagambetov
2471
Pavel Kotsur
2548
Tiebreak rules for first place: (a) results between the players involved; (b)
number of wins; (c) Sonneborn-Berger score; (d) Sudden death game: 5 min vs
4 min.
Video of the opening ceremony and drawing of colours
The report starts with a chess ballet to the strains of Mozart's Eine kleine
Nachtmusik
The games of the Finals will be broadcast live on the official web site
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