Ivan Popov of Russia, (FIDE rating of 2614) is among the 18 GMs participating in the tournament. Indian GMs Rajaram Laxman, Deepan Chakravarthy and Lalit Babu are among the 170 participants.
The GMs which are participating includes Martin Kravtsiv (Ukraine), V Andriy (Ukraine), Kirill Stupak (Belarus), Daniil Lintchevski (Russia), Ziaur Rahman (Bangladesh), Vasily Papin (Russia), Iuldachev Saidali (Uzbekistan), Alexander Fominyh (Russia), Aleksej Aleksandrov (Belarus), Enamul Hossain (Bangladesh), Ivan Popov (Russia), Abdulla Al-Rakib (Bangladesh), Andrei Deviatkin (Russia), Raset Ziatdinov (US), Rajaram Laxman, Deepan Chakravarthy, Lalit Babu and Ronaldo Nolte (Philippines).