Round 1 pairings
1 GM Molner, Mackenzie 0.0 2522 – GM Onischuk, Alexander 0.0 2668
2 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 0.0 2643 – GM Naroditsky, Daniel 0.0 2543
3 GM Friedel, Joshua E 0.0 2505 – GM Lenderman, Aleksandr 0.0 2582
4 GM Gareev, Timur 0.0 2653 – GM Kamsky, Gata 0.0 2713
5 GM Ramirez, Alejandro 0.0 2595 – GM Shankland, Samuel L 0.0 2634
6 GM Robson, Ray 0.0 2631 – GM Erenburg, Sergey 0.0 2633
Women’s section
1 WGM Nemcova, Katerina 0.0 2282 – GM Krush, Irina 0.0 2489
2 CM Zenyuk, Iryna 0.0 2249 – IM Zatonskih, Anna 0.0 2469
3 WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev 0.0 2366 – FM Melekhina, Alisa 0.0 2151
4 WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca 0.0 2238 – WGM Baginskaite, Camilla 0.0 2267
5 WIM Ni, Viktorija 0.0 2206 – NM Eswaran, Ashritha 0.0 1979
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Friedel will win this one. Go Josh!
Nakamura wins this easily.
Nakamura beats these patzies easily thats why he did not play. Boring.