(Photo taken from the chess-news.ru)
This very prestigious and strong event started yesterday. The participants are:
Levon Aronian
Alexander Grischuk
Vladimir Kramnik
Peter Leko
Boris Gelfand
Liren Ding
Alexander Morozevich
Ernesto Inarkiev
Grischuk leads with perfect score after yesterday’s round.
Results of the 1st round
Ding Liren 2730 ½ – ½ Vladimir Kramnik 2760
Peter Leko 2731 ½ – ½ Alexander Morozevich 2724
Levon Aronian 2797 ½ – ½ Boris Gelfand 2759
Alexander Grischuk 2795 1 – 0 Ernesto Inarkiev 2688
Games of the round
Pairings of the 2nd round
Kramnik – Inarkiev
Gelfand – Grischuk
Morozevich – Aronian
Ding Liren – Leko