These are the unofficial pairings according to ChessVibes. No one knows when the official site will be updated. I bolded some interesting matchups of the 2nd round:
1 Ivanchuk,V UKR 2787 – Galkin,A RUS 2608
2 Zhao Jun CHN 2552 – Nisipeanu,LD ROU 2668
3 Bacrot,E FRA 2695 – Roiz,M ISR 2644
4 Karjakin,S UKR 2694 – Zhang Pengxiang CHN 2644
5 Alekseev,E RUS 2716 – Sakaev,K RUS 2634
6 Nevednichy,V ROU 2531 – Fressinet,L FRA 2654
7 Grischuk,A RUS 2715 – Najer,E RUS 2635
8 Van Wely,L NED 2679 – Bareev,E RUS 2653
9 Aronian,L ARM 2741 – Gustafsson,J GER 2606
10 Inarkiev,E RUS 2674 – Vallejo,F ESP 2660
11 Jakovenko,D RUS 2710 – Belov,V RUS 2587
12 Almasi,Z HUN 2691 – Socko,B POL 2646
13 Shirov,A ESP 2739 – Shulman,Y USA 2616
14 Onischuk,A USA 2674 – Nikolic,P BIH 2657
15 Akopian,V ARM 2713 – Ghaem Maghami,E IRI 2591
16 Malakhov,V RUS 2690 – Volkov,S RUS 2648
17 Radjabov,T AZE 2742 – Macieja,B POL 2606
18 Zvjaginsev,V RUS 2674 – Sasikiran,K IND 2661
19 Ponomariov,R UKR 2705 – Wang Hao CHN 2643
20 Hossain,E BAN 2514 – Tomashevsky,E RUS 2646
21 Svidler,P RUS 2732 – Pavasovic,D SLO 2597
22 Rublevsky,S RUS 2676 – Navara,D CZE 2656
23 Kamsky,G USA 2714 – Avrukh,B ISR 2641
24 Kasimdzhanov,R UZB 2690 – Georgiev,K BUL 2649
25 Adams,M ENG 2729 – Gurevich,M TUR 2627
26 Volokitin,A UKR 2678 – Zhou Jianchao CHN 2566
27 Carlsen,M NOR 2714 – Naiditsch,A GER 2639
28 Dominguez,L CUB 2683 – Baramidze,D GER 2569
29 Wang Yue CHN 2703 – Tiviakov,S NED 2643
30 Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2692 – Motylev,A RUS 2645
31 Cheparinov,I BUL 2670 – Tkachiev,V FRA 2661
32 Mamedyarov,S AZE 2752 – Kozul,Z CRO 2609
Kamsky will win it all! Go Kamsky!
Cheparinov will rule this event.
How do you guys know who’s gonna win?
Go Cheparinov!!!