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Already the first round showed that all players try to win as there were no games even remotely resembling no will to fight! Three wins and three draws and all wins were of white!
Results of the first round
GM Topalov Veselin 2793 ½ – ½ GM Grischuk Alexander 2779
GM Kamsky Gata 2741 1 – 0 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723
GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742 ½ – ½ GM Caruana Fabiano 2774
GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755 ½ – ½ GM Morozevich Alexander 2760
GM Svidler Peter 2769 1 – 0 GM Bacrot Etienne 2725
GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699 1 – 0 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775
Pairings of the 2nd round
GM Grischuk Alexander 2779 – GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775
GM Bacrot Etienne 2725 – GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699
GM Morozevich Alexander 2760 – GM Svidler Peter 2769
GM Caruana Fabiano 2774 – GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755
GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723 – GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742
GM Topalov Veselin 2793 – GM Kamsky Gata 2741
Gata Kamsky smile 🙂