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

Here is the official website.

Here are the official rules.

ICC is one of the official sponsors and qualifying events are held online.

For the list of players above, who is your pick to win the World Blitz Championship?
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