2018 Grand Chess Tour

GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Title: 

GM

Rating: 

2792

Country: 

Azerbaijan

2013 World Rapid Chess Champion

GM Alexander Grischuk

Title: 

GM

Rating: 

2771

Country: 

Russia

Three time World Blitz Champion

Wildcard Paris Rapid & Blitz

GM Levon Aronian

Title: 

GM

Rating: 

2782

Country: 

Armenia

2017 World Cup Winner

GM Sergey Karjakin

Title: 

GM

Rating: 

2776

Country: 

Russia

2016 World Championship Challenger

GM Viswanathan Anand

Title: 

GM

Rating: 

2761

Country: 

India

World Champion (2007 – 2013)

GM Wesley So

Title: 

GM

Rating: 

2779

Country: 

USA

2016 Grand Chess Tour Cʜᴀᴍᴘɪᴏɴ

GM Hikaru Nakamura

Title: 

GM

Rating: 

2806

Country: 

USA

2018 Grand Chess Tour winner

GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Title: 

GM

Rating: 

2796

Country: 

France

2017 Sinquefield Cup winner

GM Fabiano Caruana

Title: 

GM

Rating: 

2794

Country: 

USA

2018 World Championship Challenger