Players, seconds, parents, officials, chess fans, etc
(Photo taken from the official site)
The Grand Prix event started yesterday in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The participants are:
1 Fabiano Caruana (ITA) 2803
2 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2799
3 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2780
4 Anish Giri (NED) 2776
5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2754
6 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2753
7 Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS) 2749
8 Boris Gelfand (ISR) 2744
9 Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) 2738
10 Peter Svidler (RUS) 2734
11 Leinier Domínguez (CUB) 2734
12 Baadur Jobava (GEO) 2699
Pairings of the 1st round
1 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2754 – GM Gelfand Boris 2744
2 GM Jobava Baadur 2699 – GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2749
3 GM Grischuk Alexander 2780 – GM Svidler Peter 2734
4 GM Caruana Fabiano 2803 – GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2734
5 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2738 – GM Giri Anish 2776
6 GM Karjakin Sergey 2753 – GM Nakamura Hikaru 2799