World Chess: Anand, Carlsen to meet in Dubai this June!

Hello chess friends, that's about the upcoming World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2014 to be held in Dubai this June. ;) Indeed, something to look forward to right after the Norway Chess Tournament that is currently being played in Stavanger.

Both reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and former World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand are registered to play. The chess championships will run from June 15 to 21 with most of the world's top chess players being there to take a shot at the title. Participation is open only to players rated at least 2500 in any of the three FIDE rating lists (Standard, Blitz or Rapid) as of March 1, 2014.  

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen the top seed. Photo: Official website.

Here's the list of top-10 players taking part. (Read the complete list at the official website).

1- Magnus Carlsen2- Levon Aronian3- Alexander Grischuk4- Viswanathan Anand5- Fabiano Caruana6- Hikaru Nakamura7- Sergey Karjakin8- Shakhriyar Mamedyarov9- Peter Svidler10- Boris Gelfand

Both the defending World Rapid and Blitz Chess Champions 2013 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Le Quang Liem will be playing. Read the official website for more technical details and regulations.

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World Chess Blitz & Rapid Championships 2013 - Fide Announces Regulations

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Hi Everyone,

Fide has announced the regulations for the FIDE World Blitz Championship 2013 & FIDE World Rapid Championship 2013. Here is a summary. The full pdf file is available at this link.

The FIDE World Blitz & Rapid Championships shall be organized annually under the aegis of FIDE by a federation entrusted with the task by the General Assembly or the Presidential Board at least one
year in advance. All rights for the organization of the World Blitz & Rapid Championships and the title of the World Blitz Champion or World Rapid Champion belong to FIDE.


Format
The events will be Swiss pairings tournaments and will be held over two days for Blitz and three days for Rapid. The Blitz will have fifteen rounds with each player playing with white and black
against his paired opponent. The Rapid will be fifteen rounds, Swiss event.

Participation
3.1 All players rated at least 2500 in any of the three FIDE rating lists (Standard, Blitz or Rapid) as on the 1st of March 2013 are eligible to participate in the World Blitz Championship.
3.2 The Blitz & Rapid Championships are open to all the National Champions representing their National Chess Federation regardless of their title or rating.
3.3. Applications have to be sent by the national federations only.

Organisation
At least two months before the tournament, the organising federation will send an invitation to all affiliated federations. The invitations shall be approved by the FIDE President. Copies of the
invitation shall also be sent to the FIDE President, to the Continental Presidents and to the Zone Presidents.

Time Control
5.1 In the Blitz Championship, each player will have 3 minutes + 2 seconds additional time per move, starting from move 1.
5.2 In the Rapid Championship, each player will have 15 minutes + 10 seconds additional time per move, starting from move 1.

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