As usual (or maybe it is even stronger this year?) the Masters event includes the likes of Adams, Vachier-Lagrave, Ivanchuk, Vitiugov and very many other elite players! It definitely tells something about the tournament when you see that for example, Navara is “only” 10th by rating 🙂
The pairings of top 10 boards
1 128 FM Sanchez Jerez Emilio Miguel 2287 0 – 0 GM Adams Michael 2754 1
2 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2745 0 – 0 Lombaers Peter 2255 136
3 134 IM Lederman Leon 2257 0 – 0 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2739 3
4 4 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2737 0 – 0 IM Haugli Petter 2278 131
5 133 Gukhvat Peter 2268 0 – 0 GM Eljanov Pavel 2733 5
6 6 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2715 0 – 0 Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2289 127
7 129 Sos Andreu Eric 2285 0 – 0 GM Kamsky Gata 2709 7
8 8 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2707 0 – 0 WGM Maisuradze Nino 2279 130
9 132 FM Proudian Armen 2273 0 – 0 GM Harikrishna P. 2706 9
10 10 GM Navara David 2702 0 – 0 Hommerson Paul 2255 135