Time control is 4 min with an increment of 2 sec per move starting from move one.
Organizing Committee
Andrzej Filipowicz: Chief Arbiter – Fide
Aviv Bushinsky: Chairman – Israel ChessFederation
Israel Gelfer: Chairman – Honorary Vice Presedent – Fide
Ehud Gross: Chairman – “Meir Nitzan” Culture Centre.
Yigal Lotan: Co-Chairman – General Director – Israel Chess Federation
Moty Bank: Co-Chairman – President – Chess Club Rishon LeZion
Executive Management
Alex Kaspi – Tournament Director.
Gil Blat – Technical Director
Almog Burstein – Deputy Chief Arbiter
Boris Alterman – Professional Management.
Shay Bushinsky – Technology
Now with the drawing of lots, the top 8 would get 8 games with White and the bottom 8 would get 8 games with Black.
What is your top 3 pick? 
my “expect” list:
1.Timour Radjabov
2.Vishy Anand
3.Peter Svidler
my “hope” list:
1.Peter Svidler
2.Judit Polgar
3.Boris Gelfand
my “never play blitz again” list:
1.Emil Sutovsky
2.Alexander Grischuk
3.Ilia Smirin
^^ with a twinker, yours Vohaul
i would think Anand is the best blitz player in the world right now, although it is arguable of course.
1) Anand
2) Svidler
3) Radjabov
Polgar, Svidler, Carlsen
It’s over now. Who won????
Radjabov won every game I watched him play except the last round against Bacrot.
Grischuk won , on Tie-break against Svidler.
What? no S. Polgar? 😉 How do you think you would do Susan?
top ten.
Are the results available anywhere? FIDE is down and I thought Judit seemed to be in the top 5 while I was watching.
Tough to see the pieces on the screen tho and the boards moved erratically.
Was very captivating however