Levon Aronian (Armenia); Magnus Carlsen (Norway); Boris Gelfand (Israel); Alexander Grischuk (Russia); Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine); Vladimir Kramnik (Russia); Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan); Peter Svidler (Russia).
All these leading players will be competing for the right to play Vishy Anand for the World Championship. It starts on March 14 and looks like the most amazing competition.
This will be the first outing for some innovative ways for the spectators to enjoy the games in real time...read more from Malcolm Pein :
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/chess/9810832/Carlsen-heads-list-for-...