The following eight will play in the 2026 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament:
– Magnus Carlsen, Norway
– Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Uzbekistan
– Arjun Erigaisi, India
– Jorden van Foreest, the Netherlands
– Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş, Turkiye
– Nils Grandelius, Sweden
– Andy Woodward, USA
– Jiner Zhu, China