Round 2 top board pairings
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | ||||
| 1 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2767 | 1 | 1 | FM | Sigfusson Sigurdur | 2346 | |||
| 2 | Gislason Gudmundur | 2346 | 1 | 1 | GM | Navara David | 2700 | ||||
| 3 | GM | Kryvoruchko Yuriy | 2666 | 1 | 1 | FM | Johannesson Ingvar Thor | 2331 | |||
| 4 | Mertens Heiko | 2336 | 1 | 1 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2664 | ||||
| 5 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | 2653 | 1 | 1 | FM | Larsen Karsten | 2321 | |||
| 6 | FM | Lagerman Robert | 2315 | 1 | 1 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2639 | |||
| 7 | Holm Kristian Stuvik | 2290 | 1 | 1 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | 2635 | ||||
| 8 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | 2615 | 1 | 1 | Friedrichs Klaus | 2283 | ||||
| 9 | Lemeaux David | 2287 | 1 | 1 | GM | Baklan Vladimir | 2612 | ||||
| 10 | GM | L’ami Erwin | 2611 | 1 | 1 | FM | Henriksson Johan | 2279 | |||
| 11 | WGM | Cherednichenko Svetlana | 2279 | 1 | 1 | GM | Shulman Yuri | 2594 | |||
| 12 | GM | Avrukh Boris | 2591 | 1 | 1 | Karlsson Bjorn-Ivar | 2250 | ||||
| 13 | GM | Maze Sebastien | 2577 | 1 | 1 | Vaarala Eric | 2241 | ||||
| 14 | FM | Thompson Ian D | 2255 | 1 | 1 | GM | Papin Vasily | 2575 | |||
| 15 | GM | Ipatov Alexander | 2561 | 1 | 1 | Haarr Jon Kristian | 2226 |
Full pairings: http://chess-results.com/tnr54645.aspx
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