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13. GRENKELEASING Rapid World Championship
1-3 August 2008
Rapid Chess
20min / game + 5s / move
Course of events
Fri, 8/1: first rounds 1, 2 and 3
Sat, 8/2: second rounds 4, 5 and 6, possibly Tiebreak
Sun, 8/3: 4-game match big and small final, possibly Tiebreak, award ceremony
Start time of rounds
18:30 h, 19:30 h, 20:30 h
Final additionally: 21:30 h
Participants:
Viswanathan Anand
#1 of world ranking
Fide World Champion 2000-2002
10 times Chess Classic winner
Rapid chess world champion 2000-2007
GM, India, Elo 2798
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Alexander Morozevich
#2 of world ranking
GM, Russia, Elo 2788
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Magnus Carlsen
#6 of world ranking
GM, Norway, Elo 2775
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Judit Polgar
#22 of world ranking
GM, Hungary, ELO 2711
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Caption:
Elo: Arpad Elo (Inventor of Fide Rating System)
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