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 | 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.
Officials
CHIEF ARBITER Andrzej Filipowicz (POL)
DEPUTY CHIEF ARBITER S. Yurovsky (KAZ)
CHAIRMAN APPEALS Ignatius Leong (SIN)
PRESS OFFICER Robert Fontaine (FRA)
ARBITERS
Faik Gasanov (AZE)
Ashot Vardapetian (ARM)
K.Turdialiev (UZB)
M. Ivakhin (RUS)
S. Temirbaev (KAZ)
S. Kim (KAZ)
Anastasia Sorokina (BLR)
Rimma Antonova (UKR)
They’re all afraid of Nakamura. That’s why he’s not invited.
Yeah we saw in the rapid Tal how much better than Carlsen Nala was at blitz. Oh… Wait…
Ooh but he wins on the internet, so yeah, should be scared of him.
So I guess FIDE didn’t invite Naka again!!? Based on rating!!? He’d be forth on the above list!! As Ponomariov said-FIDE lacks logic. Pathetic.
Where are Aronian, Anand, Kramnik, etc?
This is not fair! I hate this! The fair decision should be is to take just the top 5 of the classic rating list and give the rest of the top 5 who made it to the 2011 Aeroflot Qualifiers. Wesley So not in the world blitz chess final considering his the Asian champion and Aeroflot qualifier is a complete joke and discouraging….Wesley So can bet this top 10 guys without question..it hurts..really to be a fan.
his is not fair! I hate this! The fair decision should be is to take just the top 5 of the classic rating list and give the rest of the top 5 who made it to the 2011 Aeroflot Qualifiers. Wesley So not in the world blitz chess final considering his the Asian champion and Aeroflot qualifier is a complete joke and discouraging….Wesley So can bet this top 10 guys without question..it hurts..really to be a fan.