Starting list
| Name | Club | Categories | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nakamura Hikaru | New York | ||
| 2. | Carlsen Magnus | |||
| 3. | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | |||
| 4. | So Wesley | Minnesota | ||
| 5. | Artemiev Vladislav | |||
| 6. | Yu Yangyi | |||
| 7. | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | |||
| 8. | Kramnik Vladimir | |||
| 9. | Ding Liren | |||
| 10. | Anand Viswanathan | |||
| 11. | Nepomniachtchi Ian | |||
| 12. | Rapport Richard | |||
| 13. | Radjabov Teimour | |||
| 14. | Giri Anish | |||
| 15. | Karjakin Sergey | |||
| 16. | Aronian Levon | vikram | ||
| 17. | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | |||
| 18. | Caruana Fabiano | Mossouri | ||
| 19. | Topalov Veselin | |||
| 20. | Dominguez Perez Leinier |