Standings of grandmaster group A
Standings after round 1
| 1. | V. Anand H. Nakamura J. Smeets | 1 |
| 4. | L. Aronian M. Carlsen A. Giri W. Hao V. Kramnik E. l'Ami I. Nepomniachtchi M. Vachier-Lagrave | ½ |
| 12. | A. Grischuk R. Ponomariov A. Shirov | 0 |
Standings of grandmaster group B
Standings after round 1
| 1. | Z. Efimenko L. McShane D. Navara G. Sargissian | 1 |
| 5. | L. Chao L. Fressinet L. Liem F. Nijboer W. So V. Tkachiev | ½ |
| 11. | S. Ganguly J. Hammer W. Spoelman R. Wojtaszek | 0 |
Standings of grandmaster group C
Standings after round 1
| 1. | I. Nyzhnyk T. Sachdev D. Swiercz D. Vocaturo | 1 |
| 5. | M. Bluvshtein B. Bok K. Lahno R. Pruijssers S. Siebrecht M. van der Werf | ½ |
| 11. | J.W. de Jong I. Ivanisevic M. Kazhgaleyev R. van Kampen | 0 |
Here are the pairings for the second round of each tournament
(the player on the left has the white pieces in the game):
Group A: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 16th
Viswanathan Anand - Vladimir Kramnik
Wang Hao - Ian Nepomniachtchi
Alexander Grischuk - Max. Vachier-Lagrave
Levon Aronian - Hikaru Nakamura
Alexei Shirov - Magnus Carlsen
Ruslan Ponomariov - Erwin l'Ami
Group B:
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Laurant Fressinet - Zahar Efimenko
Surya Ganguly - Jon Ludvig Hammer
Wesley So - Gabriel Sargissian
David Navara - Le Quang Liem
Wouter Spoelman - Radek Wojtaszek
Li Chao - Luke McShane
Vlad Tkachiev - Friso Nijboer
Group C:
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B. Bok - D. Vocaturo
M. Kazhgaleyev - R. van Kampen
J.W. de Jong - I. Nyzhnyk
M. Bluvshtein - D. Swiercz
T. Sachdev - K. Lahno
R. Pruijssers - I. Ivanisevic
M. van der Werf - S. Siebrecht
