Official website: http://tashkent2012.fide.com
Round 1 pairings
| 1 | GM | Morozevich Alexander | 2748 | – | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2762 | 12 |
| 2 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2786 | – | GM | Svidler Peter | 2747 | 11 |
| 3 | GM | Gelfand Boris | 2751 | – | GM | Leko Peter | 2732 | 10 |
| 4 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 | – | GM | Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 | 9 |
| 5 | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 | – | GM | Wang Hao | 2737 | 8 |
| 6 | GM | Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 | – | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2775 | 7 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Go Fabiano!