Round 2 matchups
Kramnik - Nakamura
Carlsen - Adams
Howell - Anand
Short - McShane
| Title | Name | Fed. | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | | tot |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| GM | Short, Nigel D | ENG | 2680 | | | | | | | | 0 | | 0 |
| GM | McShane, Luke J | ENG | 2645 | | | | | | | 1 | | | 3 |
| GM | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2723 | | | | | | 1 | | | | 3 |
| GM | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2804 | | | | | ½ | | | | | 1 |
| GM | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2741 | | | | ½ | | | | | | 1 |
| GM | Howell, David W L | ENG | 2611 | | | 0 | | | | | | | 0 |
| GM | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2802 | | 0 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| GM | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2791 | 1 | | | | | | | | | 3 |
