The player lists for the 2023 World Rapid and Blitz have been released. Magnus Carlsen is the top seed in the Open events, while Wenjun Ju is the top seed for the Women's Rapid and Tengjie Lei for the Women's Blitz.
All the events are incredibly strong, with the 200+ players in the Open, and 125 in the Women's event. The venue is Samarkand in Uzbekistan and the tournament runs from the 26th to the 30th of December.
Full details of the tournament can be found at https://worldrapidandblitz2023.fide.com/ I will be onsite at the event, as I am one of the Pairings Officers for the tournament. Unlike the Chess Olympiad (where I have also filled this role), the turnaround times will be a lot quicker that one round a day, with the blitz schedule being 1 round every half an hour.
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