Pairings of round 1 - 2026-03-01 - 10:00
| Brd. | White | Ran. | Pts. | FIDE | Fed. | Res. | Black | Ran. | Pts. | FIDE | Fed. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM Carlsen, Magnus | 1 | 0.0 | 2840 | NOR | 1-0 | WFM Kovanova, Mariya | 6 | 0.0 | 2118 | KAZ |
| 2 | Solomchenko, Alexey | 7 | 0.0 | 1951 | ESP | 0-1 | GM Nakamura, Hikaru | 2 | 0.0 | 2810 | USA |
| 3 | GM Caruana, Fabiano | 3 | 0.0 | 2795 | USA | 1-0 | Garcia Lopez, Juan Antonio | 8 | 0.0 | 1892 | ESP |
| 4 | Hladiy, Mark | 9 | 0.0 | 1851 | ESP | 0-1 | GM Khusnutdinov, Rustam | 4 | 0.0 | 2434 | KAZ |
| 5 | FM Efimovich, Sergey | 5 | 0.0 | 2313 | UKR | 1-0 | Silva Olsson, Angel | 10 | 0.0 | 1741 | ESP |