 The strongest team of the tournament were Russia with an average rating of 2760.Captained by the president of the Russian Chess Federation and FIDE Vice President Andrey Filatov, the team consisted of the World Champion Challenger Sergey Karjakin, Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Grischuk, Evgeny Tomashevsky and Ian Nepomniachtchi.Seven-time Russian Champion and the fourth highest ranked Russian player Peter Svidler was not included in the team.