Round 1 results
- GM Carlsen, Magnus vs GM Topalov, Veselin [0-1]
- GM Nakamura, Hikaru vs GM Anand, Viswanathan [1-0]
- GM Aronian, Levon vs GM Caruana, Fabiano [1-0]
- GM Giri, Anish vs GM Grischuk, Alexander [1-0]
- GM So, Wesley vs GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime [0-1]
Round 2 pairings
1 GM Grischuk, A. (0) 2771 – GM Anand, V. (0) 2816
2 GM Topalov, V. (1) 2816 – GM Nakamura, H. (1) 2814
3 GM Caruana, F. (0) 2808 – GM Carlsen, M. (0) 2853
4 GM Vachier-Lagrave, M. (1) 2731 – GM Aronian, L. (1) 2765
5 GM Giri, Anish (1) 2793 – GM So, Wesley (0) 2779
Anish Giri: “… my wife is aware of the move 7…g5 in the Najdorf and Magnus isn’t ….”