Nakamura-Bellin (Photo by John Saunders)
Already the first round was very interesting and challenging! The hero of the round was definitely IM Lazarne-Vajda from Hungary, who drew Anand with Black!
Results of top 10 boards
| GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | 1 – 0 | IM | Bellin Robert | 2350 | |||||
| FM | Shachar Ehud | 2353 | 0 – 1 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2785 | |||||
| GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2784 | ½ – ½ | IM | Lazarne Vajda Szidonia | 2359 | |||||
| FM | Tate Alan | 2345 | 0 – 1 | GM | Harikrishna P. | 2755 | |||||
| GM | Li Chao B | 2751 | 1 – 0 | IM | Wemmers Xander | 2352 | |||||
| IM | Vuilleumier Alexandre | 2356 | ½ – ½ | GM | Yu Yangyi | 2747 | |||||
| GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2732 | 1 – 0 | WGM | Vojinovic Jovana | 2352 | |||||
| GM | Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan | 2346 | 0 – 1 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2727 | |||||
| GM | Rapport Richard | 2721 | 1 – 0 | IM | Gara Anita | 2339 | |||||
| IM | Foisor Cristina-Adela | 2338 | 0 – 1 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2700 |
A few games from the 1st round
Pairings of top 10 boards of the 2nd round
| GM | Fodor Tamas Jr. | 2500 | 1 | – | 1 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | |||
| GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2785 | 1 | – | 1 | GM | Gunina Valentina | 2496 | |||
| GM | Harikrishna P. | 2755 | 1 | – | 1 | GM | Zhukova Natalia | 2484 | |||
| GM | Blomqvist Erik | 2492 | 1 | – | 1 | GM | Li Chao B | 2751 | |||
| IM | Nakar Eylon | 2479 | 1 | – | 1 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2732 | |||
| GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2727 | 1 | – | 1 | GM | Tarjan James E | 2478 | |||
| IM | Ly Moulthun | 2474 | 1 | – | 1 | GM | Rapport Richard | 2721 | |||
| GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2700 | 1 | – | 1 | IM | Prasanna Raghuram Rao | 2460 | |||
| IM | Galyas Miklos | 2459 | 1 | – | 1 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2697 | |||
| GM | Ni Hua | 2697 | 1 | – | 1 | GM | Krush Irina | 2458 |