Practically all GMs won the first round relatively easily or just easily. The only upset of the top 10 boards was top 5 seed GM Ding Liren (2709 ELO) who drew Mihajlov Sebastian (2059 ELO).
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- Anish Giri
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- Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
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- David Navara
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- Ivan Cheparinov
Results of top 10 boards
1 GM Giri Anish 2722 1 – 0 Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2071
2 Mihajlov Svetoslav 2071 0 – 1 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2715
3 GM Navara David 2710 1 – 0 Marentini Marcel 2069
4 Knútsson Lárus 2072 0 – 1 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2709
5 GM Ding Liren 2709 ½ – ½ Mihajlov Sebastian 2059
6 Heerde Thomas 2053 0 – 1 GM Yu Yangyi 2688
7 GM So Wesley 2684 1 – 0 Palmqvist Fredrik 2050
8 Ragnarsson Johann 2046 0 – 1 GM Eljanov Pavel 2678
9 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2675 1 – 0 Doell Detlef 2044
10 WFM Thorsteinsdottir Gudlaug 2041 0 – 1 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2644
Some of the top games
Top 10 pairings of the 2nd round
1 IM Arngrimsson Dagur 2375 – GM Giri Anish 2722
2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2715 – IM Thorfinnsson Bjorn IM 2386
3 WGM Mammadova Gulnar 2369 – GM Navara David 2710
4 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2709 – WGM Wang Jue 2375
5 GM Yu Yangyi 2688 – FM Handler Lukas 2369
6 IM Kislik Erik Andrew 2359 – GM So Wesley 2684
7 GM Eljanov Pavel 2678 – WGM L’ami Alina 2362
8 FM Bewersdorff Oliver 2335 – GM Bu Xiangzhi 2675
9 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2644 – WGM Kashlinskaya Alina 2350
10 GM Socko Bartosz 2643 – FM Gislason Gudmundur 2329