Round 1 results
| Jakovenko, Dmitry | – Bologan, Viktor | 1-0 | |||
| Short, Nigel | – Rublevsky, Sergei | 1-0 | |||
| Ponomariov, Ruslan | – Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | ½ | |||
| Onischuk, Alexander | – Wang, Yue | ½ | |||
| Motylev, Alexander | – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 0-1 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nice start.