The Masters chess tournament will have the following participants:

• GM Leinier Dominguez (USA), FIDE rating 2758
• GM Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran), FIDE rating 2676
• GM Alexei Shirov (Spain), FIDE rating 2647
• GM Jaime Santos (Spain), FIDE rating 2575

On July 16, 17, and 18 at 2:30 a.m Pacific and 11:30 Central Europe, some of the most promising rising stars of the chess world will compete in this event, which has a similar format to that of the Masters. Two semifinals are played on July 16 and 17, whereas the superfinal takes place on July 18. Each match will consist of four games with a time control of 20 minutes plus 10 seconds increment after every move.

It will have the following participants:

• Andrey Esipenko
• Alexey Sarana
• Nodirbek Abdusattorov
• Nihal Sarin