Leaders after 3 rounds
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | GM | Kovchan Alexander | UKR | 2563 | 3.0 | 3419 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| 2 | GM | Vaisser Anatoly | FRA | 2522 | 3.0 | 3408 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| 3 | GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | ROU | 2673 | 3.0 | 3347 | 2.0 | 6.0 |
| 4 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | UKR | 2673 | 3.0 | 3343 | 2.0 | 6.0 |
| 5 | GM | Potkin Vladimir | RUS | 2653 | 3.0 | 3332 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| 6 | GM | Iordachescu Viorel | MDA | 2626 | 3.0 | 3310 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| 7 | GM | Savchenko Boris | RUS | 2616 | 3.0 | 3287 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| 8 | GM | Ragger Markus | AUT | 2614 | 3.0 | 3281 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| 9 | GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | ROU | 2598 | 3.0 | 3262 | 2.0 | 5.5 |
| 10 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 2584 | 3.0 | 3246 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| 11 | GM | Ter-Sahakyan Samvel | ARM | 2575 | 3.0 | 3225 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| 12 | GM | Zhigalko Andrey | BLR | 2571 | 3.0 | 3114 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 13 | IM | Wirig Anthony | FRA | 2480 | 2.5 | 3413 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| 14 | IM | Bellaiche Anthony | FRA | 2472 | 2.5 | 3402 | 2.0 | 4.5 |
| 15 | IM | Javakhishvili Lela | GEO | 2437 | 2.5 | 3383 | 2.0 | 4.5 |
| 16 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | GER | 2684 | 2.5 | 3357 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| 17 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | ISR | 2692 | 2.5 | 3356 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| 18 | GM | Motylev Alexander | RUS | 2677 | 2.5 | 3350 | 2.0 | 6.5 |
| 19 | GM | Volokitin Andrei | UKR | 2677 | 2.5 | 3348 | 1.5 | 5.0 |
| 20 | GM | Grachev Boris | RUS | 2675 | 2.5 | 3346 | 2.0 | 6.5 |
Full standings here.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
2 French IMs among leaders? Hmmmm