The top seeds are facing tough opponents in round 2 since this is a strong open event.
Round 2 top board pairings
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 34 | GM | Jussupow Artur | 2569 | 1 | 1 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2749 | 1 | |
| 2 | 2 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2747 | 1 | 1 | GM | Nabaty Tamir | 2563 | 36 | |
| 3 | 38 | GM | Berg Emanuel | 2550 | 1 | 1 | GM | Adams Michael | 2724 | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2717 | 1 | 1 | GM | Korchnoi Viktor | 2558 | 37 | |
| 5 | 42 | GM | Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G | 2531 | 1 | 1 | GM | Le Quang Liem | 2714 | 5 | |
| 6 | 6 | GM | Polgar Judit | 2710 | 1 | 1 | GM | Ikonnikov Vyacheslav | 2531 | 43 | |
| 7 | 8 | GM | Laznicka Viktor | 2704 | 1 | 1 | GM | Pavlovic Milos | 2531 | 44 | |
| 8 | 10 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2700 | 1 | 1 | GM | Al-Sayed Mohammed | 2524 | 45 | |
| 9 | 46 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2523 | 1 | 1 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2700 | 11 | |
| 10 | 12 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2699 | 1 | 1 | IM | Zatonskih Anna | 2506 | 49 | |
| 11 | 50 | GM | Gallagher Joseph G | 2505 | 1 | 1 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2683 | 13 | |
| 12 | 14 | GM | Bologan Viktor | 2680 | 1 | 1 | GM | Salem A R Saleh | 2505 | 51 | |
| 13 | 53 | GM | Baron Tal | 2498 | 1 | 1 | GM | Short Nigel D | 2677 | 15 | |
| 14 | 16 | GM | Fridman Daniel | 2660 | 1 | 1 | GM | Cabrera Alexis | 2504 | 52 | |
| 15 | 18 | GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | 2650 | 1 | 1 | GM | El Debs Felipe De Cresce | 2497 | 54 | |
| 16 | 20 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | 2648 | 1 | 1 | IM | Dvirnyy Daniyyl | 2492 | 55 | |
| 17 | 57 | IM | Muzychuk Mariya | 2483 | 1 | 1 | GM | Gustafsson Jan | 2643 | 21 | |
| 18 | 22 | GM | Negi Parimarjan | 2641 | 1 | 1 | GM | Cramling Pia | 2491 | 56 | |
| 19 | 59 | GM | Zhu Chen | 2472 | 1 | 1 | GM | Erdos Viktor | 2634 | 23 | |
| 20 | 24 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 2617 | 1 | 1 | IM | Arnold Marc T | 2482 | 58 | |
| 21 | 61 | IM | Hunt Adam C | 2462 | 1 | 1 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2605 | 25 | |
| 22 | 26 | GM | Fier Alexandr | 2603 | 1 | 1 | IM | Krush Irina | 2467 | 60 | |
| 23 | 63 | IM | Javakhishvili Lela | 2454 | 1 | 1 | GM | Howell David W L | 2603 | 27 | |
| 24 | 28 | GM | David Alberto | 2598 | 1 | 1 | IM | Raznikov Danny | 2436 | 67 | |
| 25 | 72 | IM | Hanley Craig A | 2421 | 1 | 1 | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2589 | 29 | |
| 26 | 30 | GM | Brunello Sabino | 2581 | 1 | 1 | FM | Kuipers Stefan | 2391 | 84 | |
| 27 | 89 | FM | Fenollar Jorda Manuel | 2360 | 1 | 1 | GM | Kulaots Kaido | 2581 | 31 | |
| 28 | 32 | IM | Muzychuk Anna | 2580 | 1 | 1 | Valgmae Toomas | 2208 | 133 | ||
| 29 | 135 | Zygouris Hristos | 2205 | 1 | 1 | GM | Felgaer Ruben | 2571 | 33 |
Full results and pairings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr63931.aspx
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Tough pairings.