“The four-tournament series, which will unfold throughout the year, features 22 of the world’s top players fighting for two spots in next year’s Candidates Tournament to select a challenger for the World Championship title. 16 players that are playing in Riga this year: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Anish Giri Wesley So Levon Aronian Alexander Grischuk Hikaru Nakamura Sergey Karjakin Yu Yangyi Peter Svidler Veselin Topalov David Navara Jan-Krzysztof Duda Harikrishna Pentala Nikita Vitiugov D
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