This is a knockout event. In the first round, the biggest upset was the elimination of Ivanchuk.
| Grischuk, Alexander |  |
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| 2 : 0 | Grischuk, Alexander | |||
| Motylev, Alexander | ||||
| Movsesian, Sergei | |
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| 1.5 : 0.5 | Movsesian, Sergei | |||
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | ||||
| Shirov, Alexei | |
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| 3 : 2 | Shirov, Alexei | |||
| Bacrot, Etienne | ||||
| Karjakin, Sergey | |
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| 3 : 1 | Karjakin, Sergey | |||
| Drozdovskij, Yuri | ||||
| Eljanov, Pavel | |
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| 1.5 : 0.5 | Eljanov, Pavel | |||
| Moiseenko, Alexander | ||||
| Jakovenko, Dmitry | |
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| 2 : 0 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | |||
| Inarkiev, Ernesto | ||||
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | |
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| 0.5 : 1.5 | Gurevich, Mikhail | |||
| Gurevich, Mikhail | ||||
| Gashimov, Vugar | |
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| 3 : 2 | Gashimov, Vugar | |||
| Tregubov, Pavel V. |
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