Economist ahead of Baden Baden and Ugra.

Ekonomist SGSEU Saratov have managed to win their first two matches with perfect 6-0 scores, and are at the top of the leader board. Just behind them are fifteen teams who have also won their first two matches. Western Europe's strongest team, Baden Baden are in equal second with another of the powerful Russian teams Ugra.

The top ten matches saw most of the top stars in action:

Match: board	Seed: title	White (on odds)		Score	Seed: title	Black (on odds, white on evens)
1	1	SOCAR		5½ - ½	19	Libertas Nereto
1	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2752	1 : 0	GM	Antoniewski Rafal	2585
2	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2757	1 : 0	GM	Kogan Artur	2563
3	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2690	1 : 0	IM	Braga Fernando	2438
4	GM	Kasimdzhanov Rustam	2678	½:½	IM	Bruno Fabio	2431
5	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2660	1 : 0	IM	Piscopo Pierluigi	2373
6	GM	Safarli Eltaj	2627	1 : 0	FM	Sibilio Mario	2364
2	18	Oslo Schakselskap		1 - 5	2	SHSM-64
1	GM	Hammer Jon Ludvig	2601	½:½	GM	Wang Hao	2733
2	GM	Berg Emanuel	2575	0 : 1	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2712
3	GM	Johannessen Leif Erlend	2499	½:½	GM	Giri Anish	2722
4	IM	Getz Nicolai	2391	0 : 1	GM	Riazantsev Alexander	2688
5	FM	Moen Andreas	2373	0 : 1	GM	Potkin Vladimir	2671
6	FM	Stubberud Ornulf	2322	0 : 1	GM	Najer Evgeniy	2637
3	3	Ekonomist SGSEU Saratov		6 - 0	25	SF Reichenstein
1	GM	Eljanov Pavel	2683	1 : 0	IM	Heimann Andreas	2485
2	GM	Andreikin Dmitry	2705	1 : 0	IM	Volke Karsten	2448
3	GM	Moiseenko Alexander	2726	1 : 0	IM	Drabke Lorenz Maximilian	2463
4	GM	Ni Hua	2670	1 : 0	IM	Maier Christian	2352
5	GM	Alekseev Evgeny	2662	1 : 0		Lutz Bernhard	2307
6	GM	Roiz Michael	2668	1 : 0	FM	Riff Vincent	2342
4	17	Lunds ASK		½ - 5½	4	Saint-Petersburg Chess Federation
1	GM	Tikkanen Hans	2591	0 : 1	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2726
2	GM	Grandelius Nils	2536	0 : 1	GM	Movsesian Sergei	2715
3	IM	Smith Axel	2488	0 : 1	GM	Efimenko Zahar	2703
4	IM	Bejtovic Jasmin	2425	0 : 1	GM	Zvjaginsev Vadim	2666
5	IM	Lund Silas	2380	½:½	GM	Khairullin Ildar	2642
6	FM	Nilsson Sebastian	2362	0 : 1	GM	Matlakov Maxim	2630
5	5	OSG Baden Baden		5½ - ½	22	Naiden Voinov
1	GM	Adams Michael	2733	1 : 0	GM	Delchev Aleksander	2620
2	GM	Shirov Alexei	2713	½:½	GM	Nikolov Momchil	2578
3	GM	Naiditsch Arkadij	2707	1 : 0	GM	Petrov Marijan	2537
4	GM	Nielsen Peter Heine	2687	1 : 0	FM	Velchev Hristo	2320
5	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	2638	1 : 0		Milchev Miroslav	2169
6	GM	Gustafsson Jan	2631	1 : 0		Stefanov Evtim	1927
6	21	Haladás VSE		½ - 5½	6	Ugra
1	GM	Rapport Richard	2547	0 : 1	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2716
2	IM	Kovacs Gabor	2498	0 : 1	GM	Rublevsky Sergei	2681
3	IM	Nemeth Miklos	2438	½:½	GM	Malakhov Vladimir	2710
4	IM	Meszaros Michal	2377	0 : 1	GM	Zhigalko Sergei	2696
5		Nagy Gabor	2404	0 : 1	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	2627
6	IM	Csonka Attila Istvan	2380	0 : 1	GM	Kabanov Nikolai	2513
7	7	Tomsk-400		5½ - ½	29	Hellir Chess Club
1	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2758	1 : 0	GM	Stefansson Hannes	2562
2	GM	Motylev Alexander	2690	½:½	IM	Thorfinnsson Bjorn	2412
3	GM	Areshchenko Alexander	2672	1 : 0	FM	Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn	2442
4	GM	Bologan Viktor	2657	1 : 0	FM	Bjornsson Sigurbjorn	2349
5	GM	Kurnosov Igor	2648	1 : 0	FM	Lagerman Robert	2325
6	GM	Khismatullin Denis	2635	1 : 0		Kristinsson Bjarni Jens	2033
8	30	Accres Apeldoorn		0 - 6	8	A DAN DZO & PGMB
1	IM	Pruijssers Roeland	2475	0 : 1	GM	Korobov Anton	2671
2	IM	Van Delft Merijn	2413	0 : 1	GM	Kryvoruchko Yuriy	2666
3	FM	Kuipers Stefan	2381	0 : 1	GM	Azarov Sergei	2648
4	FM	Rijnaarts Sjef	2302	0 : 1	GM	Guseinov Gadir	2626
5		Smit Erik	2285	0 : 1	GM	Savchenko Boris	2630
6		Van Der Elburg Freddie	2201	0 : 1	GM	Zherebukh Yaroslav	2580
9	9	Mika		5 - 1	20	KSK Eynatten 47
1	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2658	1 : 0	IM	Dambacher Martijn	2496
2	GM	Melkumyan Hrant	2619	0 : 1	IM	Bok Benjamin	2488
3	GM	Pashikian Arman	2618	1 : 0	GM	Swinkels Robin	2494
4	GM	Andriasian Zaven	2615	1 : 0	IM	Hammes Michael	2393
5	GM	Grigoryan Avetik	2614	1 : 0	FM	Braun Christian	2392
6	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert	2578	1 : 0	IM	Coenen Norbert	2345
10	11	Bosna Sarajevo		5 - 1	28	Ans
1	GM	Berkes Ferenc	2706	1 : 0	GM	Winants Luc	2540
2	GM	Ragger Markus	2655	½:½	GM	Hoffmann Michael	2496
3	GM	Predojevic Borki	2643	1 : 0	IM	Gulbas Cemil	2387
4	GM	Nikolic Predrag	2636	1 : 0	FM	Goossens Etienne	2219
5	IM	Stojanovic Dalibor	2466	1 : 0		Blagodarov Vladimir	2113
6	IM	Kadric Denis	2403	½:½		Lafosse Jimmy	2058

There are still sixteen teams who have won their first two matches, here are the leaders so far:

Rank	Team	+	Match points	Board points
1	Ekonomist SGSEU Saratov	2	4	12
2	OSG Baden Baden	2	4	11½
3	Ugra	2	4	11½
4	SOCAR	2	4	11
5	Vesnianka Gran	2	4	11
6	Tomsk-400	2	4	11
7	Saint-Petersburg Chess Federation	2	4	11
8	A DAN DZO & PGMB	2	4	10½
9	SHSM-64	2	4	10½
10	G-Team Novy Bor	2	4	10
11	Mika	2	4	10
12	SF Berlin	2	4	10
13	Bosna Sarajevo	2	4	9½
14	Beer Sheba	2	4	9½
15	ZSK Maribor	2	4	9½
16	SD Tehcenter Ptuj	2	4	9

There will be some big clashes already in the third round, which starts at 3pm local time.

In the second round of the Women's event top board was decided by Gunina's win over Cmilyte:

There are three teams from eleven that won both matches.

Rank	Team	+	-	Match Points	Board Points
1	Mika	2	0	4	7½
2	AEM Luxten Timisoara	2	0	4	6½
3	SHSM-RGSU	2	0	4	6
4	Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo	1	1	2	5½
5	AVS	1	1	2	4
6	BAS	1	1	2	4
7	Giprorechtrans	1	1	2	3½
8	ZSK Maribor	1	1	2	2½
9	Oslo Schakselskap	1	1	2	2
10	CS R. Fischer Chieti	0	2	0	2
11	Anatolia	0	2	0	½

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