Standings after 1 round:
| Rank | SNo. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pts | |||
| 1 | 5 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2748 | RUS | * | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 13 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2754 | ARM | * | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | GM | Leko Peter | 2751 | HUN | * | ½ | ½ | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2696 | ARM | * | ½ | ½ | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2721 | UKR | * | ½ | ½ | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | 2716 | RUS | * | ½ | ½ | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2746 | UKR | * | ½ | ½ | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2728 | FRA | ½ | * | ½ | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2726 | RUS | ½ | * | ½ | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2693 | UKR | ½ | * | ½ | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | GM | Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2695 | UZB | ½ | * | ½ | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2720 | USA | ½ | * | ½ | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | 2 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2725 | AZE | 0 | * | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | GM | Gelfand Boris | 2733 | ISR | 0 | * | 0 |
Round 2 matchups:
| SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | |||||||||
| 14 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2720 | – | GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2728 | |||||||
| 9 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2726 | – | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2746 | |||||||
| 10 | GM | Gelfand Boris | 2733 | – | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | 2716 | |||||||
| 11 | GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2693 | – | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2748 | |||||||
| 12 | GM | Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2695 | – | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2721 | |||||||
| 13 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2754 | – | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2696 | |||||||
| 1 | GM | Leko Peter | 2751 | – | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2725 | |||||||
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
2nd Round,Svidler beat Ivanchuk in the only decisive game so far.Aronian-Akopian Match is going on but likely to end in a draw.Rest of the games are drawn.
Aronian should win after his 94th move.