Publishing Pairings for Round 3 Tie-breaks Game 1.
Tie-break games start at 3PM on September, 11 2017.
| WHITE | FED. | TITLE | RATING | vs | BLACK | FED. | TITLE | RATING |
| Najer, Evgeniy |  |
GM | 2694 | Caruana, Fabiano |  |
GM | 2799 | |
| Aronian, Levon |  |
GM | 2802 | Matlakov, Maxim | |
GM | 2728 | |
| Lenderman, Aleksandr | |
GM | 2565 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |  |
GM | 2804 | |
| Grischuk, Alexander | |
GM | 2788 | Navara, David |  |
GM | 2720 | |
| Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi |  |
GM | 2702 | Ding, Liren |  |
GM | 2771 | |
| Giri, Anish |  |
GM | 2777 | Sethuraman, S.P. | |
GM | 2617 | |
| Rapport, Richard |  |
GM | 2675 | Li, Chao b | |
GM | 2745 | |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | |
GM | 2741 | Jobava, Baadur |  |
GM | 2702 |