Pairings of round 1 - 2017-11-16 - 14:00
| Brd. | White | Ran. | Pts. | FIDE | Fed. | Res. | Black | Ran. | Pts. | FIDE | Fed. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM Jakovenko, Dmitry | 10 | 0.0 | 2721 | RUS | ½-½ | GM Aronian, Levon | 1 | 0.0 | 2801 | ARM |
| 2 | GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2 | 0.0 | 2796 | FRA | 1-0 | GM Gelfand, Boris | 11 | 0.0 | 2719 | ISR |
| 3 | GM Eljanov, Pavel | 12 | 0.0 | 2707 | UKR | ½-½ | GM Nakamura, Hikaru | 3 | 0.0 | 2780 | USA |
| 4 | GM Ding, Liren | 4 | 0.0 | 2774 | CHN | ½-½ | GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco | 13 | 0.0 | 2705 | ESP |
| 5 | GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 14 | 0.0 | 2702 | RUS | ½-½ | GM Svidler, Peter | 5 | 0.0 | 2763 | RUS |
| 6 | GM Giri, Anish | 6 | 0.0 | 2762 | NED | 1-0 | GM Rapport, Richard | 15 | 0.0 | 2692 | HUN |
| 7 | GM Inarkiev, Ernesto | 16 | 0.0 | 2683 | RUS | 1-0 | GM Li, Chao b | 7 | 0.0 | 2741 | CHN |
| 8 | GM Radjabov, Teimour | 8 | 0.0 | 2741 | AZE | ½-½ | GM Riazantsev, Alexander | 17 | 0.0 | 2651 | RUS |
| 9 | GM Hammer, Jon Ludvig | 18 | 0.0 | 2629 | NOR | ½-½ | GM Harikrishna, P. | 9 | 0.0 | 2738 | IND |