Round 1 results
| Grischuk, Alexander | – Jakovenko, Dmitry | ½ |
| Vitiugov, Nikita | – Svidler, Peter | ½ |
| Karjakin, Sergey | – Potkin, Vladimir | ½ |
| Kurnosov, Igor | – Zvjaginsev, Vadim | ½ |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | – Malakhov, Vladimir | ½ |
| Khismatullin, Denis | – Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 0-1 |
Standings after 1 round
| 1. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2720 | 1 |
| 2-11. | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2709 | ½ |
| 2-11. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2771 | ½ |
| 2-11. | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 2676 | ½ |
| 2-11. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2760 | ½ |
| 2-11. | Kurnosov, Igor | g | RUS | 2676 | ½ |
| 2-11. | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2712 | ½ |
| 2-11. | Potkin, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2646 | ½ |
| 2-11. | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2722 | ½ |
| 2-11. | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2699 | ½ |
| 2-11. | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2726 | ½ |
| 12. | Khismatullin, Denis | g | RUS | 2659 | 0 |
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