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Qualified and nominated players for Astana World Rapid and Blitz Championships |
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Monday, 18 June 2012 11:41 |
Full list for Astana World Rapid and Blitz Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, 1-11 July 2012.
Qualifiers by rating for finals (6-10 July)
| 01. Magnus Carlsen |
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2835 |
| 02. Teimour Radjabov |
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2784 |
| 03. Sergey Karjakin |
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2779 |
| 04. Alexander Morozevich |
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2769 |
| 05. Vassily Ivanchuk |
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2764 |
| 06. Alexander Grischuk |
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2761 |
| 07. Veselin Topalov |
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2752 |
| 08. Peter Svidler |
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2741 |
| 09. Boris Gelfand |
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2727 |
| 10. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
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2726 |
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.
Officials
CHIEF ARBITER Andrzej Filipowicz (POL)
DEPUTY CHIEF ARBITER S. Yurovsky (KAZ)
CHAIRMAN APPEALS Ignatius Leong (SIN)
PRESS OFFICER Geoffrey Borg (MLT)
GAME COMMENTARY Robert Fontaine (FRA)
ARBITERS
Faik Gasanov (AZE)
Ashot Vardapetian (ARM)
K.Turdialiev (UZB)
M. Ivakhin (RUS)
S. Temirbaev (KAZ)
S. Kim (KAZ)
Anastasia Sorokina (AUS)
Rimma Antonova (UKR)
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