The Tal Memorial Starts Today
At least, as mentioned in the last post, the blitz portion does. It won't count for the standings, but players will receive their pairing numbers for the "real" tournament based on their blitz performance. That starts at either 5 p.m. or 7 p.m. local time in Moscow (=10 a.m. or noon ET) - I've seen both numbers. Here's who's playing, listed in order of blitz ratings:
Ian Nepomniachtchi (2840)
Levon Aronian (2826)
Peter Svidler (2795)
Evgeny Tomashevsky (2793)
Viswanathan Anand (2790)
Anish Giri (2766)
Boris Gelfand (2765)
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2748)
Vladimir Kramnik (2713)
Li Chao (2624)
Predictions for the blitz, and for the main event? I'll go with Nepomniachtchi and Aronian, respectively. These predictions should be taken as seriously as if they were arrived at by pulling their names out of a hat.
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