The tournament will bring together more than 250 chess players.
The list of participants includes World Champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Anish Giri (Netherlands), Hikaru Nakamura, Leinier Dominguez (both USA), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Vladislav Artemiev, Dmitry Andreikin (both Russia), Boris Gelfand (Israel), Yu Yangyi, Wang Hao (both China) and many others.
The total prize fund for the King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championships amounts to USD 1,000,000.
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