The 2nd Vugar Gashimov Memorial should take place in April or May in Shamkir, Azerbaijan, Lent.az reports.
Azerisport speculated earlier that the main event will once again be six-player round-robin.
But the latest news have ten players listed as participants:
World champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 2865), Fabiano Caruana (Italy, 2811), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria, 2800), former world champion Viswanathan Anand (India, 2797), Anish Giri (Netherlands, 2797), Wesley So (USA, 2788), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia, 2783), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France, 2775), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov(2759) and Teimour Radjabov (2731).
Magnus Carlsen was the winner of the first Vugar Gashimov Memorial tournament in April last year.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
So will beat everybody, hands down.
Where is Nakamura? This is his chance to prove that he is better than So and yet he is skipping it. Why?
Nakamura is savoring his rise in the ranking and he does not want it to be in jeopardize in this tourney. As, usual, its a Nakamura choke strategy.
So will beat everybody pants down?? So, Wesley is playing naked to scare everybody. This is not the way we play chess in civilized world.
Kamilini Nimban wants to challenge His excellency Nakamura in one on one blitz game. Dont be coward Naka, accept the challenge.