The 9th London Chess Classic began yesterday. All games were drawn. Here are the results:
| 2729 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | ½ – ½ | GM | Aronian Levon | 2805 |
| 2837 | GM | Carlsen Magnus | ½ – ½ | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2799 |
| 2715 | GM | Adams Michael | ½ – ½ | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2760 |
| 2781 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | ½ – ½ | GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2782 |
| 2788 | GM | So Wesley | ½ – ½ | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2789 |
Some games of the round
Pairings of the 2nd round
| 2788 | GM | So Wesley | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | 2729 |
| 2789 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2781 |
| 2782 | GM | Anand Viswanathan | GM | Adams Michael | 2715 |
| 2760 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | GM | Carlsen Magnus | 2837 |
| 2799 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | GM | Aronian Levon | 2805 |