All games in Round 1 were draws.Gata Kamsky in Game 2 defeated Veselin Topalov in an English Opening today in 31 moves. Grischuk and Aronian played to a draw today. The other two games as of this writing are still in progress.
Update: the final two games to finish were also drawn.
All games but one drawn in Match Games 3. Gelfand takes down Mamedyarov with the black pieces in a Najdorf Sicilian.
The four players with Soviet/Russian origins advance. The four outsiders are out.
All games in Round 1 were draws.Gata Kamsky in Game 2 defeated Veselin Topalov in an English Opening today in 31 moves. Grischuk and Aronian played to a draw today. The other two games as of this writing are still in progress.