The tournament starts tomorrow - Monday - in Jerusalem, Israel, and the cast of characters includes six players currently rated over 2700: David Navara, Nikita Vitiugov, Pavel Eljanov, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Etienne Bacrot and Francisco Vallejo Pons. There are 255 players in all, including well over 100 grandmasters, competing in this 11-round Swiss. Part of the tournament's importance is that the top 23 finishers qualify for the next World Cup.
Tournament website here.