This very high level event starts in Beijing, China on the 12th of December. Participants:
Men
Karjakin, Sergey RUS
Grischuk, Alexander RUS
Aronian, Levon ARM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE
Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB
Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR
Radjabov, Teimour AZE
Le, Quang Liem VIE
Wang, Hao CHN
Wang, Yue CHN
Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA
Kamsky, Gata USA
Leko, Peter HUN
Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR
Giri, Anish NED
Women
Koneru, Humpy IND
Hou, Yifan CHN
Muzychuk, Anna SLO
Dzagnidze, Nana GEO
Lagno, Kateryna UKR
Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS
Gunina, Valentina RUS
Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL
Ju, Wenjun CHN
Sebag, Marie FRA
Zhao, Xue CHN
Kosintseva, Tatiana RUS
Cramling, Pia SWE
Ushenina, Anna UKR
Paehtz, Elisabeth GER
Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU
As usual, there are 3 disciplines – Rapid, Blitz and Basque system.