Here is a summary of the first round games:
Group-A:
| White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating | Moves | Opening |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2835 | 1-0 | Vugar Gashimov | AZE | 2761 | 67 | English vs. Hedgehog |
| Teimour Radjabov | AZE | 2773 | ½-½ | Fabiano Caruana | ITA | 2736 | 27 | Grünfeld Exchange Be3 |
| Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2759 | ½-½ | Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2766 | 21 | Catalan vs. Semi-Slav |
| Gata Kamsky | USA | 2732 | ½-½ | Loek Van Wely | NED | 2692 | 41 | Neo-Grünfeld |
| David Navara | CZE | 2712 | ½-½ | Veselin Topalov | BUL | 2770 | 31 | English (Reversed Sicilian) |
| Sergey Karjakin | RUS | 2769 | 0-1 | Levon Aronian | ARM | 2805 | 42 | Spanish Anti-Marshall |
| Boris Gelfand | ISR | 2739 | 0-1 | Anish Giri | NED | 2714 | 70 | Slav 4.Qb3 |
Group B:
| White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimitri Reinderman | NED | 2581 | ½-½ | Alexander Motylev | RUS | 2677 |
| Lazaro Bruzon | CUB | 2691 | 0-1 | Pentala Harikrishna | IND | 2665 |
| Kateryna Lahno | UKR | 2557 | 1-0 | Sipke Ernst | NED | 2606 |
| Harika Dronavalli | IND | 2516 | ½-½ | Daniele Vocaturo | ITA | 2545 |
| Viktorija Cmilyte | LTU | 2503 | 0-1 | Illya Nyzhnyk | UKR | 2568 |
| Erwin L'Ami | NED | 2606 | 1-0 | Sergei Tiviakov | NED | 2677 |
| Jan Timman | NED | 2568 | ½-½ | Vladimir Potkin | RUS | 2684 |
Group C:
| White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Sadler | ENG | 2660 | 1-0 | Pieter Hopman | NED | 2342 |
| Tania Sachdev | IND | 2411 | ½-½ | Sahaj Grover | IND | 2532 |
| Elisabeth Paehtz | GER | 2454 | 0-1 | Hans Tikkanen | SWE | 2549 |
| Daan Brandenburg | NED | 2527 | ½-½ | Lars Ootes | NED | 2326 |
| Etienne Goudriaan | NED | 2279 | 1-0 | Lisa Schut | NED | 2290 |
| Baskaran Adhiban | IND | 2561 | 1-0 | Anne Haast | NED | 2290 |
| Elina Danielian | ARM | 2490 | 0-1 | Maxim Turov | RUS | 2645 |
