Results:
Round 1
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | – Shirov, Alexei | ½ |
| Tiviakov, Sergei | – Giri, Anish | ½ |
Round 2
| Shirov, Alexei | – Tiviakov, Sergei | 1-0 |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | – Giri, Anish | ½ |
Standings after 2:
| 1. | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2749 | 1½ |
| 2. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2721 | 1 |
| 3. | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2677 | 1 |
| 4. | Tiviakov, Sergei | g | NED | 2637 | ½ |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Shirov still rules.