Round 1 pairings
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| SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
| 1 | GM | Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2684 | – | GM | Leko Peter | 2737 | 12 |
| 2 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2783 | – | GM | Gelfand Boris | 2738 | 11 |
| 3 | GM | Topalov Veselin | 2752 | – | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2754 | 10 |
| 4 | GM | Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2725 | – | GM | Giri Anish | 2730 | 9 |
| 5 | GM | Wang Hao | 2742 | – | GM | Adams Michael | 2722 | 8 |
| 6 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2729 | – | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2769 | 7 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nakamura will crush the field.
No-he’s not going to crush that field. Nobody is going to crush that field.