Starting list
| Name | Club | Categories | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Carlsen Magnus | |||
| 2. | Nakamura Hikaru | New York | ||
| 3. | Karjakin Sergey | |||
| 4. | Kasparov Garry | |||
| 5. | Dominguez Perez Leinier | |||
| 6. | Anand Viswanathan | |||
| 7. | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | |||
| 8. | So Wesley | Minnesota | ||
| 9. | Caruana Fabiano | Mossouri | ||
| 10. | Jobava Baadur | |||
| 11. | Wei Yi | |||
| 12. | Dubov Danil |