Group A
Hou, Y. – Carlsen, M.
Nakamura, H. – Giri, A.
Leko, P. – Anand, V.
Wang, H. – Caruana, F.
Sokolov, I. – van Wely, L.
Karjakin, S. – Harikrishna, P.
L’Ami, E. – Aronian, L.
Group B
Tiviakov, S. – van Kampen, R.
Turov, M. – Movsesian, S.
Dubov, D. – Ernst, S.
Smeets, J. – Edouard, R.
Grandelius, N. – Rapport, R.
Ipatov, A. – Nikolic, P.
Naiditsch, A. – Timman, J.
Group C
Bitensky, I. – Goryachkina, A.
Mekhitarian, K. – Schut, L.
Gretarsson, H. – Brunello, S.
van der Werf, M. – Swinkels, R.
Burg, T. – Peralta, F.
Romanishin, O. – Kovchan, A.
Admiraal, M. – Klein, D.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I pick Hou Yifan to upset Carlsen.
You mean upset his stomach? Nah, Carlsen comes from modern, multicultural Norway (bless its soul)
Well, he has already lost against Kosteniuk. It was just a rapid game though
Giri will smash Nakamura.
We still love you Yifan! Bravely fought!
A commendable effort even though she lost in the end. I mean with close to 300 ELO difference, against the highest rated ever player … the chance of an upset is almost negligable and that it is already an upset for her to drag over 40 moves!