
The biggest upsets of round 2 are: Nepomniachtchi defeating Grischuk and Khenkin defeating Wang Hao.
Round 2 results:
| 1 | 10 | [1.5] | | BelGU | 1.5 - 4.5 | SPb Chess Fed | | [4.5] | 6 |
| 1 | [0.0] | 2481 | Ivanov, Alexander Al. | 0.5 - 0.5 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | 2748 | [0.0] | 1 | |
| 2 | [1.0] | 2606 | Potkin, Vladimir | 0.5 - 0.5 | Svidler, Peter | 2750 | [0.5] | 2 | |
| 3 | [0.0] | 2514 | Gasanov, Eldar | 0 - 1 | Vitiugov, Nikita | 2710 | [0.5] | 3 | |
| 4 | [0.5] | 2532 | Panarin, Mikhail | 0 - 1 | Movsesian, Sergei | 2709 | [1.0] | 4 | |
| 5 | [0.0] | 2506 | Bryzgalin, Kirill | 0.5 - 0.5 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | 2643 | [1.0] | 5 | |
| 6 | [0.0] | 2320 | Uzhva, Andrey | 0 - 1 | Yemelin, Vasily | 2576 | [0.0] | 8 | |
2 | 7 | [0.5] | | Economist-SGSEU - 2 | 2.5 - 3.5 | M.Chigorin Chess Club | | [1.5] | 5 |
| 1 | [0.0] | 2595 | Kovchan, Alexander | 0.5 - 0.5 | Khairullin, Ildar | 2617 | [0.5] | 1 | |
| 2 | [0.5] | 2564 | Evdokimov, Alexander A. | 0.5 - 0.5 | Matlakov, Maxim | 2600 | [0.5] | 2 | |
| 3 | [0.0] | 2552 | Novikov, Stanislav | 0.5 - 0.5 | Romanov, Evgeny | 2600 | [0.0] | 3 | |
| 4 | [0.0] | 2573 | Dyachkov, Sergej | 0.5 - 0.5 | Popov, Valerij | 2585 | [0.0] | 4 | |
| 5 | [0.0] | 2532 | Iljushin, Alexei | 0.5 - 0.5 | Ionov, Sergey | 2548 | [0.0] | 5 | |
| 6 | [0.0] | 2469 | Lushenkov, Mikhail | 0 - 1 | Levin, Evgeny A. | 2486 | [0.5] | 8 | |
3 | 8 | [2.5] | | Tomsk-400 | 3.0 - 3.0 | Economist-SGSEU - 1 | | [5.5] | 4 |
| 1 | [0.5] | 2737 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | 0.5 - 0.5 | Wang, Yue | 2749 | [0.0] | 1 | |
| 2 | [0.0] | 2705 | Motylev, Alexander | 1 - 0 | Eljanov, Pavel | 2736 | [1.0] | 2 | |
| 3 | [0.5] | 2684 | Bologan, Viktor | 0 - 1 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2701 | [0.0] | 3 | |
| 4 | [0.0] | 2674 | Kurnosov, Igor | 0.5 - 0.5 | Alekseev, Evgeny | 2700 | [0.5] | 4 | |
| 5 | [0.5] | 2667 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | 0.5 - 0.5 | Ni, Hua | 2667 | [1.0] | 5 | |
| 8 | [0.0] | 2637 | Amonatov, Farrukh | 0.5 - 0.5 | Andreikin, Dmitry | 2645 | [1.0] | 8 | |
4 | 9 | [2.5] | | Etude-Contact | 2.5 - 3.5 | ShSM-64 | | [3.5] | 3 |
| 1 | [0.0] | 2597 | Khenkin, Igor | 1 - 0 | Wang, Hao | 2715 | [0.5] | 3 | |
| 3 | [1.0] | 2562 | Chadaev, Nikolai | 0 - 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | 2680 | [0.5] | 4 | |
| 4 | [0.0] | 2532 | Papin, Vasily | 0.5 - 0.5 | Grachev, Boris | 2667 | [0.5] | 5 | |
| 5 | [1.0] | 2530 | Krylov, Mikhail | 0.5 - 0.5 | Riazantsev, Alexander | 2660 | [0.0] | 6 | |
| 6 | [0.0] | 2524 | Gabrielian, Artur | 0.5 - 0.5 | Najer, Evgeniy | 2665 | [0.5] | 7 | |
| 7 | [0.5] | 2427 | Chernobay, Artem | 0 - 1 | Savchenko, Boris | 2652 | [0.0] | 8 | |
5 | 1 | [4.5] | | Ural | 2.0 - 4.0 | Yugra | | [3.5] | 2 |
| 1 | [1.0] | 2656 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 1 - 0 | Grischuk, Alexander | 2756 | [0.0] | 1 | |
| 2 | [0.0] | 2619 | Belov, Vladimir | 0 - 1 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | 2725 | [1.0] | 2 | |
| 3 | [1.0] | 2637 | Kobalia, Mikhail | 0.5 - 0.5 | Malakhov, Vladimir | 2721 | [0.0] | 3 | |
| 4 | [0.5] | 2615 | Lysyj, Igor | 0 - 1 | Rublevsky, Sergei | 2697 | [1.0] | 4 | |
| 5 | [1.0] | 2593 | Ponkratov, Pavel | 0.5 - 0.5 | Landa, Konstantin | 2635 | [0.0] | 5 | |
| 6 | [0.0] | 2587 | Deviatkin, Andrei | 0 - 1 | Sjugirov, Sanan | 2602 | [1.0] | 6 |