Here are the 16 players participating in the 2012 World Blitz Championship. Can Magnus recuperate after the disastrous ending in the World Rapid Championship?
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | GM | NOR | 2837 |
| 2 | Radjabov, Teimour | GM | AZE | 2788 |
| 3 | Karjakin, Sergey | GM | RUS | 2779 |
| 4 | Morozevich, Alexander | GM | RUS | 2770 |
| 5 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | GM | UKR | 2769 |
| 6 | Grischuk, Alexander | GM | RUS | 2763 |
| 7 | Topalov, Veselin | GM | BUL | 2752 |
| 8 | Svidler, Peter | GM | RUS | 2749 |
| 9 | Gelfand, Boris | GM | ISR | 2738 |
| 10 | Bologan, Viktor | GM | MDA | 2732 |
| 11 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | GM | AZE | 2726 |
| 12 | Andreikin, Dmitry | GM | RUS | 2700 |
| 13 | Le, Quang Liem | GM | VIE | 2693 |
| 14 | Chadaev, Nikolai | GM | RUS | 2580 |
| 15 | Kotsur, Pavel | GM | KAZ | 2548 |
| 16 | Jumabayev, Rinat | GM | KAZ | 2525 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nakamura would never choke that way.
I think it is impossible to recover in 2 days after such collapse. Magnus will finish in the middle of the table of blitz WC.
gi.