Draw and Pairings
In accordance with the arrangements notified in St Louis, the colours were reversed from the Sinquefield Cup, with Michael Adams playing the opposite colours to Sinquefield Cup wild card Wesley So.
The players were placed in two groups of five. Viswanathan Anand, Fabiano Caruana, Alexander Grischuk, Veselin Topalov and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will play five games with the white pieces and were randomly allocated numbers 1-5. Michael Adams, Levon Aronian, Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri and Hikaru Nakamura will play five games with the black pieces and were randomly allocated numbers 6-10.
The results of the draw were as follows:
- Veselin Topalov
- Alexander Grischuk
- Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
- Fabiano Caruana
- Viswanathan Anand
- Michael Adams
- Levon Aronian
- Magnus Carlsen
- Hikaru Nakamura
- Anish Giri
| Full Pairings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 Friday 4th December 16:00 | Round 2 Saturday 5th December 14:00 | ||
| Veselin Topalov | Anish Giri | Anish Giri | Michael Adams |
| Alexander Grischuk | Hikaru Nakamura | Levon Aronian | Viswanathan Anand |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Magnus Carlsen | Magnus Carlsen | Fabiano Caruana |
| Fabiano Caruana | Levon Aronian | Hikaru Nakamura | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
| Viswanathan Anand | Michael Adams | Veselin Topalov | Alexander Grischuk |
| Round 3 Sunday 6th December 14:00 | Round 4 Monday 7th December 16:00 | ||
| Alexander Grischuk | Anish Giri | Anish Giri | Levon Aronian |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Veselin Topalov | Magnus Carlsen | Michael Adams |
| Fabiano Caruana | Hikaru Nakamura | Hikaru Nakamura | Viswanathan Anand |
| Viswanathan Anand | Magnus Carlsen | Veselin Topalov | Fabiano Caruana |
| Michael Adams | Levon Aronian | Alexander Grischuk | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
| Round 5 Tuesday 8th December 16:00 | Round 6 Thursday 10th December 16:00 | ||
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Anish Giri | Anish Giri | Magnus Carlsen |
| Fabiano Caruana | Alexander Grischuk | Hikaru Nakamura | Levon Aronian |
| Viswanathan Anand | Veselin Topalov | Veselin Topalov | Michael Adams |
| Michael Adams | Hikaru Nakamura | Alexander Grischuk | Viswanathan Anand |
| Levon Aronian | Magnus Carlsen | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Fabiano Caruana |
| Round 7 Friday 11th December 16:00 | Round 8 Saturday 12th December 14:00 | ||
| Fabiano Caruana | Anish Giri | Anish Giri | Hikaru Nakamura |
| Viswanathan Anand | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Veselin Topalov | Magnus Carlsen |
| Michael Adams | Alexander Grischuk | Alexander Grischuk | Levon Aronian |
| Levon Aronian | Veselin Topalov | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Michael Adams |
| Magnus Carlsen | Hikaru Nakamura | Fabiano Caruana | Viswanathan Anand |
| Round 9 Sunday 13th December 14:00 | Rest Day Wednesday 9th December | ||
| Viswanathan Anand | Anish Giri | ||
| Michael Adams | Fabiano Caruana | ||
| Levon Aronian | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | ||
| Magnus Carlsen | Alexander Grischuk | ||
| Hikaru Nakamura | Veselin Topalov | ||
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