| Aronian, Levon | – Nakamura, Hikaru | ½ |
| Grischuk, Alexander | – Shirov, Alexei | ½ |
| Wang Hao | – Gelfand, Boris | 1-0 |
| Eljanov, Pavel | – Karjakin, Sergey | ½ |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | ½ |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nakamura is chickening out against top players.
Anonymous 11:49
Pulling off a draw as black against a top player is not chickening out; it’s playing smart. I’d love to see you draw a single game against any of those players playing black or white.
Sam
Naka is playing excellent as for his experience in such a tournaments 2nd in his life.
Might be he believes in his power and will fight for the chess crown next cycle.