Round 2 results
| Andreikin, Dmitry | Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | |
| Bluebaum, Matthias | Fedoseev, Vladimir | 1-0 | |
| Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | |
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | Wang, Yue | 1-0 |
Standings after 2 rounds
| 1. | Bluebaum, Matthias | gm | GER | 2642 | * | . | ½ | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1½ | |
| 2. | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | gm | POL | 2736 | . | * | . | ½ | . | . | 1 | . | 1½ | |
| 3. | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | gm | GER | 2683 | ½ | . | * | ½ | . | . | . | . | 1 | |
| 4. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | gm | FRA | 2791 | . | ½ | ½ | * | . | . | . | . | 1 | |
| 5. | Andreikin, Dmitry | gm | RUS | 2712 | . | . | . | . | * | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 6. | Fedoseev, Vladimir | gm | RUS | 2726 | 0 | . | . | . | . | * | . | 1 | 1 | |
| 7. | Wang, Yue | gm | CHN | 2699 | . | 0 | . | . | ½ | . | * | . | ½ | |
| 8. | Kramnik, Vladimir | gm | RUS | 2812 | . | . | . | . | ½ | 0 | . | * | ½ |