Round 2 results:
| Wang Hao | – Aronian, Levon | ½ |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | – Eljanov, Pavel | 1-0 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | – Grischuk, Alexander | ½ |
| Gelfand, Boris | – Shirov, Alexei | 1-0 |
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | – Karjakin, Sergey | ½ |
Standings after 2 rounds:
| 1-5. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2760 | 1½ |
| 1-5. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2801 | 1½ |
| 1-5. | Wang Hao | g | CHN | 2727 | 1½ |
| 1-5. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2741 | 1½ |
| 1-5. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2771 | 1½ |
| 6-7. | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2763 | 1 |
| 6-7. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2741 | 1 |
| 8. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2791 | ½ |
| 9-10. | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2742 | 0 |
| 9-10. | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2735 | 0 |
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