Round 1 results
| Svidler, Peter | – Kramnik, Vladimir | 1-0 |
| Grischuk, Alexander | – Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½ |
| Karjakin, Sergey | – Morozevich, Alexander | ½ |
| Galkin, Alexander | – Timofeev, Artyom | ½ |
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Svidler rules.