(Photo taken from the official site)
The first round held a surprise for chess fans around the world – Meier (Germany) won against Kramnik (Russia)! Definitely make sure to study this very interesting and positional game if you didn’t manage to catch it live.
Results of the 1st round
Leko, Peter – Ponomariov, Ruslan ½-½
Naiditsch, Arkadij – Adams, Michael ½-½
Kramnik, Vladimir – Meier, Georg 0-1
Baramidze, David – Caruana, Fabiano 0-1
Games of the 1st round
Pairings of the 2nd round
Caruana – Ponomariov
Meier – Leko
Adams – Kramnik
Baramidze – Naiditsch