| Preliminaries Day 1 (24th April 2021) | |||
| 1 | GM Vidit Gujrathi (2636) | GM Tari, Aryan (2531) | 0.5 : 0.5 |
| 2 | GM Vidit Gujrathi (2636) | GM Aronian, Levon (2778) | 0.5 : 0.5 |
| 3 | GM Vidit Gujrathi (2636) | GM Christiansen, Johan-Sebas… (2521) | 1 : 0 |
| 4 | GM Vidit Gujrathi (2636) | GM Carlsen, Magnus (2881) | 0.5 : 0.5 |
| 5 | GM Vidit Gujrathi (2636) | GM Nakamura, Hikaru (2829) | 0.5 : 0.5 |
| Preliminaries Day 2 (25th April 2021) | |||
| 1 | GM Vidit Gujrathi (2636) | GM Firouzja, Alireza (2703) | 0.5 : 0.5 |
| 2 | GM Vidit Gujrathi (2636) | GM Duda, Jan-Krzysztof (2774) | 1 : 0 |
| 3 | GM Vidit Gujrathi (2636) | GM GM Praggnanandhaa R (1781) | 0.5 : 0.5 |
| 4 | GM Vidit Gujrathi (2636) | GM So, Wesley (2741) | 0 : 1 |
| 5 | GM Vidit Gujrathi (2636) | GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2761) | 0 : 1 |
| Preliminaries Day 3 (26th April 2021) | |||
| 1 | GM Vidit Gujrathi (2636) – White | GM Karjakin, Sergey (2709) – Black | 0 : 1 |
| 2 | GM Vidit Gujrathi (2636) – Black | GM Le, Quang Liem (2744) – White | 0 : 1 |
| 3 | GM Vidit Gujrathi (2636) – White | GM Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2786) – Black | 0.5 : 0.5 |
| 4 | GM Vidit Gujrathi (2636) – White | GM Jones, Gawain C B (2615) – Black | 1 : 0 |
| 5 | GM Vidit Gujrathi (2636) – Black | GM Radjabov, Teimour (2758) – White | 0.5 : 0.5 |