11 rounds in the Isle of Man
The primary purpose of this tournament is to fill one of the eight places in the Candidates’ Tournament to be held in the first half of 2020. It features a phenomenal field of 160 leading players who aspire to the title and an eye-popping first prize of $70,000, with a total prize fund of $432,500. The latter detail has also attracted the two biggest names of all, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, who head a competitor list featuring 26* players rated 2700 or more.
Photo: Chess.com/Maria Emelianova
Saduakassova Dinara (Kazakhstan)
Jumabayev Rinat (Kazakhstan)
