Players
  Wesley So

Born 9 October 1993 

FIDE rating 2822 (April 2017)

  USA 
Vladimir Kramnik

Born 25 June 1975 

FIDE rating 2811 (April 2017)

  Russia
Sergey Karjakin

Born 12 January 1990 

FIDE rating 2783 (April 2017)

  Russia 
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 

Born 12 April 1985 

FIDE rating 2772 (April 2017)

  Azerbaijan 

Michael Adams

Born 17 November 1971 

FIDE rating 2761 (April 2017)

  England

Harikrishna Pentala

Born in 10 May 1986 

FIDE rating 2758 (April 2017)

  India
Pavel Eljanov

Born in 10 May 1983 

FIDE rating 2751 (April 2017)

  Ukraina
Radoslaw Wojtaszek

Born 13 January 1987

FIDE rating 2745 (April 2017)

  Poland
Veselin Topalov

Born 15 March 1975

FIDE rating 2741 (April 2017)

  Bulgaria

Teimour Radjabov 

Born 12 March 1987 

FIDE rating 2710 (April 2017)

  Azerbaijan