The participants (Photo by Lennart Ootes)
The event started yesterday. So, Kramnik and Aronian won their 1st game.
Results of the 1st round
| Levon Aronian | 1-0 | Michael Adams | |
| Hikaru Nakamura | 0-1 | Wesley So | |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | ½-½ | Anish Giri | |
| Fabiano Caruana | ½-½ | Viswanathan Anand | |
| Vladimir Kramnik | 1-0 | Veselin Topalov |
Games of the round
Pairings of the 2nd round
| Vladimir Kramnik | – | Levon Aronian | |
| Veselin Topalov | – | Fabiano Caruana | |
| Viswanathan Anand | – | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | |
| Anish Giri | – | Hikaru Nakamura | |
| Wesley So | – | Michael Adams |