Candidates proceeding to the second round

The following candidates proceed to the second round (in playing order):

Marina Kan Selvik, Russia
Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev, Russia
Katharina Treutler, Germany
Viller Valbonesi, Italy
Aiko Yajima, Japan
Evelyne Berezovsky, Great Britain
Evgeny Brakhman, Russia
Joachim Carr, Norway
Peter Friis Johansson, Denmark
Shoko Kawasaki, Japan
Mariam Kharatyan, Armenia
Oleksandr Poliykov, Ukraine