1 GM Karjakin, Sergey RUS – GM So, Wesley PHI
2 GM Alekseev, Evgeny RUS – GM Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR
3 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE – GM Fridman, Daniel GER
4 GM Ni, Hua CHN – GM Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR
5 GM Gashimov, Vugar AZE – GM Azarov, Sergei BLR
6 GM Feller, Sebastien FRA – GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS
7 GM Radjabov, Teimour AZE – GM Negi, Parimarjan IND
8 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB – GM Kamsky, Gata USA
9 GM Svidler, Peter RUS – GM Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son VIE
10 GM Harikrishna, P. IND – GM Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS
11 GM Vitiugov, Nikita RUS – GM Korobov, Anton UKR
12 GM Parligras, Mircea-Emilian ROU – GM Almasi, Zoltan HUN
13 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP – GM Bruzon Batista, Lazaro CUB
14 GM Onischuk, Alexander USA – GM Navara, David CZE
15 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA – GM Bu, Xiangzhi CHN
16 GM Bologan, Viktor MDA – GM Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB
17 GM Ivanov, Alexander USA – GM Kobalia, Mikhail RUS
18 GM Gupta, Abhijeet IND – GM Shankland, Samuel L USA
19 GM Moiseenko, Alexander UKR – GM Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS
20 GM Grachev, Boris RUS – GM Le, Quang Liem VIE
21 GM Adams, Michael ENG – GM Nielsen, Peter Heine DEN
22 GM Potkin, Vladimir RUS – GM Shirov, Alexei ESP
23 GM Jobava, Baadur GEO – GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL
24 GM Drozdovskij, Yuri UKR – GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA
25 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS – GM Riazantsev, Alexander RUS
26 GM Filippov, Anton UZB – GM Bacrot, Etienne FRA
27 GM Fier, Alexandr BRA – GM Morozevich, Alexander RUS
28 GM Andreikin, Dmitry RUS – GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS
29 GM Efimenko, Zahar UKR – GM Berkes, Ferenc HUN
30 GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav UKR – GM Felgaer, Ruben ARG
31 GM Sutovsky, Emil ISR – GM Fressinet, Laurent FRA
32 GM Polgar, Judit HUN – GM Movsesian, Sergei ARM
There will be many amazing games.
3 Indians, 2 each from China, Vietnam & Uzbekistan and One from Philipines. Will the Asians shine?