Players
Nigel Short
Living chess legend, who played a match for the World title against Garry Kasparov in 1993
Will be commentating the tournament live and playing the “open brain” game
Nigel Short
England
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
A usual top 10 player, former junior World Champion and #4 in the World
Blitz specialist and winner of the Rabat 2013 edition
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Azerbaijan
Alexei Shirov
World Championships finalist in 2000 (lost to V. Anand), World Cup Finalist in 2007, and World Junior Champion in 1988
Alexei Shirov
Latvia
Loek Van Wely
7-time Dutch Champion and former World top 10 Player.
Winner of the Chicago open in 2010 and the Rabat Blitz in 2014.
Loek Van Wely
Holland
Erwin L’Ami
Winner of the 2015 Reykjavik super tournament with a 2800+ performance
Blitz chess renown specialist
Erwin L’Ami
Holland
Fabien Libiszewski
Elite French Grandmaster, who will be playing the open brain game against Nigel Short
Actor in the movie “Le Tournoi” released in April 2015
Fabien Libiszewski
France
Fernando Peralta
Argentinian Champion with 5 Olympiads participations
Winner of the Master Duchamp 2012
Fernando Peralta
Argentina
Alina L’Ami
Woman GrandMaster, former U10 World champion and Junior European Champion
Graduated cum Laude in Psychology degree and active contributor to ChessBase
Alina L’Ami
Romania
