First round was yesterday and here are the top results:
| IM | Gara Anita | 2350 | ½ – ½ | GM | Aronian Levon | 2797 |
| GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2793 | 1 – 0 | FM | Blohberger Felix | 2367 |
| FM | Tate Alan | 2358 | 0 – 1 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2781 |
| GM | Navara David | 2749 | 1 – 0 | GM | Paehtz Thomas | 2356 |
| IM | Hemant Sharma (Del) | 2348 | ½ – ½ | GM | Harikrishna P. | 2745 |
| GM | Le Quang Liem | 2737 | ½ – ½ | FM | Prithu Gupta | 2373 |
| IM | Devereaux Maxim L | 2370 | 0 – 1 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2732 |
| GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2726 | 1 – 0 | FM | Bjerre Jonas Buhl | 2367 |
| IM | Lazarne Vajda Szidonia | 2362 | 0 – 1 | GM | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | 2724 |
| GM | Wang Hao | 2711 | 1 – 0 | IM | Perez Garcia Alejandro | 2357 |
