| Sunday 14 March Round II | |||
| 14.30 | Blind | Aronian-Carlsen | – |
| Smeets-Karjakin | – | ||
| Ivanchuk-Svidler | – | ||
| 16.00 | Blind | Gelfand-Gashimov | – |
| Kramnik-Dominguez | – | ||
| Ponomariov-Grischuk | – | ||
| 17.45 | Rapid | Carlsen-Aronian | 1-0 |
| Karjakin-Smeets | 1/2 | ||
| Svidler-Ivanchuk | 1/2 | ||
| 19.15 | Rapid | Gashimov-Gelfand | – |
| Dominguez-Kramnik | – | ||
| Grischuk-Ponomariov | – | ||
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Carlsen seems back in business.
Nice recovery of Gelfand against the future number 1 of the world.