The 1st round starts today in a little. The first 5 pairings are:
| Br. | 87 | Nigeria (NGR) | Elo | – | 1 | Russia (RUS) | Elo | 0 : 0 |
| 1.1 | FM | | 2340 | – | GM | | 2769 | |
| 1.2 | FM | | 2336 | – | GM | | 2731 | |
| 1.3 | IM | | 2334 | – | GM | | 2740 | |
| 1.4 | | | 2272 | – | GM | | 2754 | |
| Br. | 2 | United States of America (USA) | Elo | – | 88 | Andorra (AND) | Elo | 0 : 0 |
| 2.1 | GM | | 2789 | – | IM | | 2482 | |
| 2.2 | GM | | 2782 | – | GM | | 2503 | |
| 2.3 | GM | | 2679 | – | | | 2142 | |
| 2.4 | GM | | 2674 | – | FM | | 2153 | |
| Br. | 89 | Kosovo (KOS) | Elo | – | 3 | China (CHN) | Elo | 0 : 0 |
| 3.1 | FM | | 2337 | – | GM | | 2753 | |
| 3.2 | | | 2289 | – | GM | | 2725 | |
| 3.3 | FM | | 2298 | – | GM | | 2746 | |
| 3.4 | IM | | 2189 | – | GM | | 2717 | |
| Br. | 4 | Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) | Elo | – | 92 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | Elo | 0 : 0 |
| 4.1 | GM | | 2761 | – | IM | | 2405 | |
| 4.2 | GM | | 2722 | – | IM | | 2363 | |
| 4.3 | GM | | 2696 | – | | | 2200 | |
| 4.4 | GM | | 2688 | – | | | Mushore, Emarald Takudzwa |
| 2187 | |
| Br. | 5 | Ukraine (UKR) | Elo | – | 91 | Jordan (JOR) | Elo | 0 : 0 |
| 5.1 | GM | | 2709 | – | | | 2209 | |
| 5.2 | GM | | 2693 | – | FM | | 2245 | |
| 5.3 | GM | | 2675 | – | IM | | 2253 | |
| 5.4 | GM | | 2647 | – | FM | | 2294 | |
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