Norway, 20 yo
Elo: 2821

World ranking:  1
National ranking: 1

Best ever world ranking: 1 (first time in January 2010)
Date and place of birth: 30.11.1990 in Toensberg
Lives in: Haslum

Winner of the Biel Grandmaster Tournament 2007
Other times in Biel: 2005 (6^th), 2006 (2^nd), 2008 (3^rd)

Biography of Magnus Carlsen

France, 20 yo
Elo: 2722

World ranking:  22
National ranking: 1

Best ever world ranking: 18 (January 2010)
Date and place of birth: 21.10.1990 in Nogent-sur-Marne
Lives in: Nogent-sur-Marne

Winner of the Biel Grandmaster Tournament 2009
Other times in Biel: 2010 (3^rd after tie-break)

Biography of  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Spain, 39 yo
Elo: 2714

World ranking:  29
National ranking: 2

Best ever world ranking: 3 (January 1993)
Date and place of birth: 4.7.1972 in Riga (Latvia)
Lives in: Tarragona (Spain) and Riga (Latvia) 

Winner of the Biel Grandmaster Tournament 1991
Other times in Biel: 1992 (7^th), 1993 (13^th out of 73 players, Interzonal Tournament), 1995 (2^nd)

Biography of Alexei Shirov

Italy, 18 yo 
Elo: 2711

World ranking:  32
Junior World ranking: 2
National ranking: 1

Best ever world ranking: 25 (January 2011)
Date and place of birth: 30.07.1992 in Miami (USA) 
Lives in: Lugano (Switzerland)

Winner of the Biel Grandmaster Tournament 2010
Other times in Biel: 2009 (6^th) 

Biography of Fabiano Caruana

Russia, 34 yo
Elo: 2694

World ranking:  48
National ranking: 12

Best ever world ranking: 2 (July and October 2008)
Date and place of birth: 18.7.1977 in Moscow
Lives in: Moscow

Winner of the Biel Grandmaster Tournament 2003, 2004, 2006
Other times in Biel: 2009 (2^nd)

Biography of Alexander Morozevich

Switzerland, 34 yo 
Elo: 2590

National ranking: 2

Best ever world ranking: 69 (January 2003)
Date and place of birth: 22.9.1976 in Biel
Lives in: Montpellier (France)

Best results in Biel GMT: 3rd in 2005 and 2007
Other times in Biel GMT: 1997 (6^th), 1998 (5^th), 1999 (5^th), 2001 (4^th), 2002 (5^th), 2003 (4^th), 2004 (4^th), 2006 (5^th), 2008 (6^th)

Biography of Yannick Pelletier