More established Grandmaster Ian Rogers of Australia on board 12.
| First Round. Alexei Shirov is obviously the star of the show - but canny Scot John Shaw lies in wait. | ||
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Shirov and Shaw on the top board. | |
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The Tartan Army monopolise the top two boards. Here we have Scotsman Colin McNab preparing for battle with Alexey Dreev on board 2. | |
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Lev Aronian of Armenia on board 3 and Emil Sutovsky of Israel on board 4 | |
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United States Champion Hikaru Nakamura
starts off on board 9 - will the youngster continue his meteoric rise?
More established Grandmaster Ian Rogers of Australia on board 12. |
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Viktorij Cmilyte (left) on board 28 and French women's champion Almira Skripchenko on board 31 | |
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Juan Bellon of Spain (left), Thomas Rendle of England and Kevin Spraggett of Canada (right). | |