The average rating of the Masters group is usually around 2700 and the average rating of the Challengers group is about 2550. The tournament has featured a number of participants of the
Candidates Tournament, including
Alireza Firouzja,
Richárd Rapport,
Vidit Gujrathi,
Gukesh Dommaraju,
R Praggnanandhaa,
Wang Hao,
Jan-Krzysztof Duda,
Nijat Abasov, the
World Chess Championship 2012 challenger
Boris Gelfand and
Women's World Chess Champion Ju Wenjun. In each group there is a couple of Czech players nominated by the Chess Federation of the Czech Republic. Winners of the Masters group: : Winners of the Challengers group: : == 2019 ==