Originally planned to be held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, new coronavirus restrictions introduced by the Kazakh government prompted FIDE to change the location of the tournament[1] to Warsaw, Poland.

[4] Time controls for the tournament are 15+10, meaning each player initially starts with 15 minutes and gains 10 seconds increment with each move.

[9] Notation: "1 (W 116)" indicates a win (1 point) with white pieces (W) against player of rank 116 (Victor Mikhalevski) Four players (defending world champion Magnus Carlsen, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Fabiano Caruana) were tied for first after 13 rounds.

Among these, the two players with the highest Buchholz Cut 1 score (Abdusattorov and Nepomniachtchi) played a title play-off in blitz time controls to decide the winner.

[10] Notation: "1 (B 83)" indicates a win (1 point) with black pieces (B) against player of rank 83 (Mihaela Sandu).