The following competitors will advance to Round III:
Alexei Chernov (Russia)
Seong Jin Cho (South Korea)
Alexander Romanovsky (Ukraine)
Yeol Eum Son (South Korea)
Daniil Trifonov (Russia) (俺看好这小伙)
The following competitors will advance to Round III:
Nigel Armstrong (USA)
Sergey Dogadin (Russia)
Jehye Lee (South Korea)
Eric Silberger (USA)
Itamar Zorman (Israel)
The following competitors will advance
to Round III:
Norbert Anger (Germany)
Umberto Clerici (Italy)
Narek Hakhnazaryan (Armenia)
Ivan Karizna (Belarus)
Edgar Moreau (France)