Qualifiers by rating for finals (6-10 July)

  1. Magnus Carlsen 2835

  2. Teimour Radjabov 2784

  3. Sergey Karjakin 2779

  4. Alexander Morozevich 2769

  5. Vassily Ivanchuk 2764

  6. Alexander Grischuk 2761

  7. Veselin Topalov 2752

  8. Peter Svidler 2741

  9. Boris Gelfand 2727

  10. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2726

Two players for each event are nominated by the host organisers – Kazakhstan Chess Federation

Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 2595

Ismagambetov, Anuar 2478

BLITZ

Jumabayev, Rinat 2556

Kotsur, Pavel 2548

Officials

CHIEF ARBITER Andrzej Filipowicz (POL)

DEPUTY CHIEF ARBITER S. Yurovsky (KAZ)

CHAIRMAN APPEALS Ignatius Leong (SIN)

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 (BLR)

Rimma Antonova (UKR)

I was honestly pissed off at the fact that nobody from FIDE contacted me on this regard and I had to get this information from third parties, despite the fact that already in February 2011 a selection was made where me and another five players were qualified to play in the World Blitz Championship.”

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