Round 1 results
| Andreikin, Dmitry | – Potkin, Vladimir | 1-0 |
| Alekseev, Evgeny | – Vitiugov, Nikita | 1-0 |
| Grischuk, Alexander | – Karjakin, Sergey | ½ |
| Jakovenko, Dmitry | – Svidler, Peter | ½ |
| Sjugirov, Sanan | – Dubov, Daniil | ½ |
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