There are 172 GMs playing, first 85 ones have over 2600 ELO! The event started yesterday with lots of upsets even in the first 20 boards, not to mention later.
Results of 1st round
1 1 GM Svidler Peter 2730 0 ½ – ½ 0 IM Ziska Helgi Dam 2432 196
2 197 IM Sermier Guillaume 2428 0 0 – 1 0 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2729 2
3 3 GM Navara David 2722 0 ½ – ½ 0 IM Colin Vincent 2427 198
4 199 GM Potapov Alexande 2425 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2720 4
5 5 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2718 0 0 – 1 0 IM Smirnov Artem 2425 200
6 201 IM Erdogdu Mert 2423 0 0 – 1 0 GM Caruana Fabiano 2716 6
7 7 GM Wojtaszek Radosl 2711 0 ½ – ½ 0 IM Roser Kevin 2423 202
8 203 IM Terrieux Kevin 2422 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Jobava Baadur 2707 8
9 9 GM Vallejo Pons Fran 2707 0 ½ – ½ 0 IM Vedmediuc Serghei 2422 204
10 205 IM Houska Jovanka 2419 0 0 – 1 0 GM Dreev Aleksey 2697 10
11 11 GM Fressinet Laurent 2693 0 ½ – ½ 0 IM Thorfinnsson Bragi 2417 206
12 207 IM Zueger Beat 2417 0 0 – 1 0 GM Sutovsky Emil 2692 12
13 13 GM Laznicka Viktor 2688 0 ½ – ½ 0 IM Telljohann Sven 2415 208
14 209 FM Poetsch Hagen 2415 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Polgar Judit 2686 14
15 15 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2684 0 1 – 0 0 IM Roeder Matthias 2414 210
16 211 IM Battaglini Gabriel 2413 0 0 – 1 0 GM Mcshane Luke J 2683 16
17 17 GM Zhigalko Sergei 2680 0 1 – 0 0 IM Nedilko Vasily 2413 212
18 213 IM Philippe Christoph 2409 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Riazantsev Alexander 2679 18
19 19 GM Rublevsky Sergei 2678 0 1 – 0 0 IM Zude Erik Dr 2409 214
20 215 IM Shirazi Kamran 2403 0 0 – 1 0 GM Motylev Alexander 2677 20
Pairings of 2nd round – will be played in 5 hours
1 2 GM Nepomniachtchi I 2729 1 1 GM Popov Valerij 2565 111
2 6 GM Caruana Fabiano 2716 1 1 GM Kovchan Alexander 2563 113
3 10 GM Dreev Aleksey 2697 1 1 GM Zherebukh Yaroslav 2560 115
4 12 GM Sutovsky Emil 2692 1 1 GM Stefansson Hannes 2557 117
5 114 GM Hovhannisyan Ro 2560 1 1 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2684 15
6 16 GM Mcshane Luke J 2683 1 1 GM Sedlak Nikola 2556 119
7 116 GM Maze Sebastien 2559 1 1 GM Zhigalko Sergei 2680 17
8 118 GM Swiercz Dariusz 2557 1 1 GM Rublevsky Sergei 2678 19
9 20 GM Motylev Alexande 2677 1 1 GM Shimanov Aleksandr 2550 121
10 120 GM Rogozenco Dorian 2553 1 1 GM Volokitin Andrei 2677 21
11 22 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2676 1 1 GM Grandelius Nils 2547 123
12 24 GM Grachev Boris 2675 1 1 GM Manolache Marius 2546 125
13 122 GM Cornette Matthie 2548 1 1 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2674 25
14 26 GM Moiseenko Alexan 2673 1 1 IM Gozzoli Yannick 2543 129
15 124 GM Mastrovasilis Ath 2547 1 1 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2673 27
16 28 GM Kobalia Mikhail 2672 1 1 GM Sanikidze Tornike 2542 131
17 126 GM Markos Jan 2546 1 1 GM Bologan Viktor 2671 29
18 30 GM Nielsen Peter Hein 2670 1 1 GM Gritsak Orest 2539 133
19 128 GM Antal Gergely 2545 1 1 GM Mamedov Rauf 2667 31
20 32 GM Georgiev Kiril 2666 1 1 GM Le Roux Jean-Pierre 2538 135
I am playing on board 71 against GM Melkumyan, 2593 elo with white pieces.