Twenty six Grand Masters, including 20 foreigners led by Georgia's Mikheil Mchedlishvili, have confirmed to take part in the 6th Mumbai Mayor's Cup International Open Chess tournament here from May 29 to June 6.
A total of 48 foreign players would be seen in action, with Grand Master Mchedishvil, having rating of 2645, given top billing in the Rs 21.5-lakh prize money tournament.
Players from Georgia, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Russia, Albania, Hungary, Bangladesh, Belgium, Ukraine, Srilanka and hosts India would be vying for honours.
The tournament, to be hosted by the National Sports Club of India at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel indoor stadium, is to be co-sponsored by LIC of India.
The six Indian GMs taking part are Vaibhav Suri, Abhijit Kunte, Tejas Bakre, R R Laxman, Aksayraj Kore and Deepan Chakravorty, said a media release from the organisers.
18 Indian International Masters would also be competing.
The players have been divided in two groups to enable more players to achieve Grand Master and International Master titles.
