| # | White Pieces | Round 2 | Black Pieces |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shankland, Sam (2654) | Liang, Awonder (2710) | |
| 2. | Sevian, Samuel (2698) | Aronian, Levon (2722) | |
| 3. | Sevian, Samuel (2698) | Niemann, Hans Moke (2738) | |
| 4. | Robson, Ray (2664) | Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2738) | |
| 5. | Oparin, Grigoriy (2661) | So, Wesley (2756) | |
| 6. | Nakamura, Hikaru (2816) | Caruana, Fabiano (2789) |