Name Country Rating World Ranking
Viswanathan Anand India 2779 2
Peter Svidler Russia 2742 5
Boris Gelfand Israel 2729 10
Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan 2727 11
Judit Polgar Hungary 2710 17
Alexander Grischuk Russia 2709 18
Etienne Bacrot France 2708 19
Magnus Carlsen Norway 2675 Wild Card
Merab Gagunashvili Georgia 2591 ICC Qualifier
Dmitry Gurevich USA 2507 ICC Qualifier
There will be 6 additional qualifiers
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For the list of players above, who is your pick to win the World Blitz Championship?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Svidler, he is incredible playing blitz.
It is between Polgar, Anand, Svidler and Gelfand. I can’t pick out of those four one favourite.
ANAND
I am under the impression that V Anand has won the blitz title before and is the current champion at blitz.
However, I recognize that recently he has been losing some blitz games. so he might not repeat. but I still have to choose him as the favorite.
would be incredible if Magnus were to win. that would make the front page headlines.
I dont think Magnus can win. However, he is very very good at blitz. so he does have a chance. however, I see this as more of an opportunity for him to play more of the really top players. the experience will be good for him as he continues to move up the ladder.
Most chances are Anand will win, as he usually does in blitz tournaments.
But lets wish Polgar good luck 🙂