| Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2694 | 1-0 | Hikaru Nakamura | 2733 | USA | Catalan/Bogoindian | Black obtained a big advantage, but Nakamura was frustrated by Le Quang's resistance and the American over-pressed with time running low |
| Hikaru Nakamura | 2733 | USA | 1-0 | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2694 | Slav/Grünfeld | Le Quang obtained a pleasant advantage but Nakamura cleverly confused matters, whereupon the Vietnamese player lost a drawn endgame when in time pressure |
The American again demonstrated that he can beat just about anyone at Blitz.
| Name | Country | Rating | Blitz 1 | Blitz 2 |
| Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2694 | 0B | 0W |
| Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2733 | 1W | 1B |
In the other match Ivanchuk won both games:
| Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2754 | 1-0 | Xiangzhi Bu | 2695 | CHN | Slav/Grünfeld | Black's early counterplay was met by a strong two pieces for rook and pawns combination. Ivanchuk ground out a win in the endgame |
| Xiangzhi Bu | 2695 | CHN | 0-1 | Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2754 | Semi-Slav Moscow | White's attempted activity on the kingside rebounded on him as Ivanchuk seized the initiative on the dark squares |
Here are our selection of videos from Cap d'Agde:
As a reminder, here are the preliminary round tables:
| Rank | Name | Country | Rating | Points |
| 1 | Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2733 | 6.5 |
| 2 | Bu Xiangzhi | CHN | 2695 | 5.5 |
| 3 | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | 2633 | 4 |
| 4 | Judit Polgar | HUN | 2682 | 3.5 |
| 5 | Romain Edouard | FRA | 2636 | 3 |
| 6= | Anatoly Karpov | RUS | 2619 | 2.5 |
| 6= | Nadezhda Kosintseva | RUS | 2565 | 2.5 |
| 8 | Sophie Milliet | FRA | 2388 | 0.5 |
Pool B:
| Rank | Name | Country | Rating | Points |
| 1= | Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2754 | 5.5 |
| 1= | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2694 | 5.5 |
| 3= | Jon Ludvig Hammer | NOR | 2633 | 4 |
| 3= | Yannick Pelletier | SUI | 2592 | 4 |
| 5= | Tigran Gharamian | FRA | 2658 | 3 |
| 5= | Kateryna Lahno | UKR | 2539 | 3 |
| 7 | Zhu Chen | QAT | 2480 | 2 |
| 8 | Tatiana Kosintseva | RUS | 2573 | 1 |
A summary of the Quarter-Finals:
| Jon Ludvig Hammer | NOR | 2633 | 0-1 | Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2733 | Sicilian b3 | Bad blunder from Hammer in the rook and knight pseudo-endgame |
| Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2733 | 1-0 | Jon Ludvig Hammer | NOR | 2633 | Spanish Delayed Exchange | Hammer was forced to take risks to try and win and Nakamura refuted Hammer's activity with a strong exchange sacrifice |
| Yannick Pelletier | SUI | 2592 | 0-1 | Xiangzhi Bu | CHN | 2695 | Catalan | White ran out of things to do and Bu broke through on the queenside. |
| Xiangzhi Bu | CHN | 2695 | 0.5-0.5 | Yannick Pelletier | SUI | 2592 | English/Hedgehog | Pelletier tried (with ...f5 and ...b5) to mix things but White was never rattled by this show of force. |
| Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2694 | 0-1 | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | 2633 | Slav Defence | Le Quang had an advantageous endgame but, short of time, he lost control and his centralized king was suddenly in trouble. |
| Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | 2633 | 0-1 | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2694 | Trompovsky Opening | From an equal position Le Quang managed to generate some play on both wings. |
Blitz play-off:
| Name | Country | Rating | Blitz 1 | Blitz 2 | Blitz 3 | Blitz 4 |
| Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2694 | =B | =W | 1B | 1W |
| Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | 2633 | =W | =B | 0W | 0B |
| Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2754 | 1-0 | Judit Polgar | HUN | 2682 | Sicilian Rossolimo | Judit lost her way in the opening and had to sacrifice her queen for two pieces. She resisted for a long time but the result was not really in doubt |
| Judit Polgar | HUN | 2682 | 0-1 | Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2754 | Reti Opening | White made no progress whatsoever on the kingside whereas Ivanchuk carved up Polgar's queenside and won a couple of pawns. |
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