GM Viswanathan Anand (IND)
ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili and FIDE CEO Geoffrey Borg
GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR)
Duta Skhirtladze, the host of the opening ceremony
Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Sopiko Guramishvili
GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR) & Lasha Talakhadze, Georgian weightlifter
FIDE Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos
FIDE Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos
ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili
ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili
ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili
GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO)
GM Hou Yifan (CHN)
GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR)
Giorgi Giorgadze, President of Georgian Chess Federation
Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia Tariel Khechikashvili
GM Nona Gaprindashvili, the sixth women’s World Chess Champion
Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia Tariel Khechikashvili
Carlsen chose white color
Magnus Carlsen