| No. | Title | Name | FIDE Rating | Federation |
| 1. | GM | Giorgi Kacheishvili | 2590 | GEO |
| 2. | GM | Mesgen Amanov | 2524 | TKM |
| 3. | IM | Marc Arnold | 2504 | USA |
| 4. | GM | Andre Diamant | 2489 | BRA |
| 5. | IM | Irina Krush | 2476 | USA |
| 6. | IM | Greg Shahade | 2459 | USA |
| 7. | IM | Darwin Yang | 2442 | USA |
| 8. | IM | Daniel Rensch | 2416 | USA |
| 9. | IM | Angelo Young | 2350 | PHI |
| 10. | WGM | Tatev Abrahamyan | 2264 | USA |
Non-GM players need 6.5/9 to secure a GM Norm, and Tatev Abrahamyan also can secure an IM norm with a score of 4.5/9.
The tournament is scheduled to run November 29 through December 3.
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