Group A
L. Dominguez – V. Anand | |
P. Leko – S. Karjakin | |
F. Caruana – V. Kramnik | |
S. Tiviakov – A. Shirov | |
J. Smeets – V. Ivanchuk | |
L. van Wely – M. Carlsen | |
N. Short – H. Nakamura |
Group B
E. Sutovsky – E. l’Ami | |
T. Nyback – Ni | |
A. Giri – D. Reinderman | |
D. Howell – L. Nisipeanu | |
A. Muzychuk – P. Harikrishna | |
A. Naiditsch – P. Negi | |
W. So – V. Akobian |
Group C
R. Swinkels – S. Swaminathan | |
M. Muzychuk – R. Robson | |
S. Kuipers – A. Gupta | |
Z. Peng – N. Grandelius | |
B. Bok – K. Lie | |
D. Vocaturo – R. van Kampen | |
S. Plukkel – L. Chao |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Caruana easily held Kramnik.
It’s not a case of holding playing white against the Petroff, it’s a matter of being unable to break it.