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Anand should be well rested and hopefully ready for the battle ahead. After all, he now needs to show who is the boss! There's always a threat of relaxing a bit too much and the relief after such an intense phase of preparing and winning the World Championship can make one complacent. Let's hope nothing like that happens.

Aronian and Carlsen will of course be in the title race, as always. Chucky, will you make us proud just one more time in an elite field?

Yue is expected to be fighting in this tournament and I predict a top half finish for him. Wijk Aan Zee was a rude shock to him. But we all know the Chinese, they'll get going sooner or later. Never ones to shirk hard work.

Radjabov and Grischuk can never be counted out. Lenier Dominguez will continue delivering surprises and rise further.