The first leg of the 2016 Grand Chess Tour is set to take place from 9-12th June at La Maison de la Chimie in Paris, France.
Ten Grandmasters will compete in the round robin rapid on 9-10th June and double round robin blitz on 11-12th June.
The total prize fund is $150,000.
Participants:
Levon Aronian
Fabiano Caruana
Anish Giri
Vladimir Kramnik
Hikaru Nakamura
Wesley So
Veselin Topalov
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Magnus Carlsen
Laurent Fressinet
