Invitation
FIDE World Blitz Championship 2013 & FIDE World Rapid Championship 2013 will be held in Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) from 04 to 11 of June 2013.
Participation
All players rated at least 2500 in any of the three FIDE rating lists (Standard, Blitz or Rapid) as at the 1st of March 2013 are eligible to participate in the World Blitz Championship.
The Blitz & Rapid Championships are open to all the National Champions representing their National Chess Federation regardless of their title or rating.
Applications have to be sent by the national federations only.
Application form (form F1) must be submitted to OC Khanty-Mansiysk to the e-mail: oc@ugrasport.com by not later than 01.05.2013.
You can find the rules of the tournament on FIDE site: http://www.fide.com/images/stories/NEWS_2013/FIDE/Regulations_for_the_World_Rapid_and_Blitz_Championships_2013.pdf
Nakamura will win both.
Seems a bit late to be requesting for applications
Tournament is tomorrow ( or today!)
I only root for GM Arthur Bisguier.
You mean July?