DATE : 10th to 30th March, 2016
VENUE : Moscow
MAIN SPONSOR : Tashir group (Russian company)
ORGANIZERS : FIDE & AGON
PARTICIPANTS :
1. VISWANATHAN ANAND (World Championship Finalist)
2. HIKARU NAKAMURA (Grand Prix)
3. FABIANO CARUANA (Grand Prix)
4. SERGEY KARJAKIN (World Cup)
5. PETER SVIDLER (World Cup)
6. VESELIN TOPALOV (Average Rating 2015)
7. LEVON ARONIAN (WILDCARD)
Note : The 8th participants is still not yet decided. The highest chances goes to Anish Giri followed by Vladimir Kramnik based on average rating.
The winner of this candidate will face the reigning world chess champion Magnus Carlsen from Norway.
