According to ChessBase, here are some stats from the 2008 Russian Team Championship:

Try and picture an event where all of the following hold true:

Every one of the 94 participants is a grandmaster;
61 of these grandmasters are rated higher than 2600; 16 are 2700 or higher;
Number 62 in the list according to playing strength is Viktor Korchnoi;
Anatoly Karpov is number 35 on the list;
Karpov and Korchnoi are playing in the same team.

Here is the official website.

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