Starting rank (top 24)
http://chess-results.com/tnr252370.aspx
| No. | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg | Club/City | ||
| 1 | GM | Dreev Aleksey | 4100107 | RUS | 2652 | Russia | |
| 2 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 718572 | HUN | 2649 | Hungary | |
| 3 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | 13401378 | AZE | 2643 | Azerbaijan | |
| 4 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | 1207822 | ROU | 2625 | Romania | |
| 5 | GM | Tiviakov Sergei | 1008013 | NED | 2609 | Netherlands | |
| 6 | GM | Zubov Alexander | 14109409 | UKR | 2606 | Ukraine | |
| 7 | GM | Tarlev Konstantin | 14114089 | UKR | 2591 | Ukraine | |
| 8 | GM | Korneev Oleg | 4156803 | ESP | 2590 | Spain | |
| 9 | GM | Maghsoodloo Parham | 12539929 | IRI | 2584 | Golestan | |
| 10 | GM | Ghaem Maghami Ehsan | 12500739 | IRI | 2574 | Tehran | |
| 11 | GM | Idani Pouya | 12510130 | IRI | 2534 | Khouzestan | |
| 12 | GM | Pourramezanali Amirreza | 12511412 | IRI | 2525 | Guilan | |
| 13 | GM | Darini Pouria | 12502200 | IRI | 2511 | Kerman | |
| 14 | IM | Lorparizangeneh Shahin | 12521604 | IRI | 2504 | Esfehan | |
| 15 | IM | Tabatabaei M.Amin | 12521213 | IRI | 2493 | Tehran | |
| 16 | IM | Mosadeghpour Masoud | 12519278 | IRI | 2480 | Kh.Razavi | |
| 17 | IM | Alavi Sayed Javad | 12500607 | IRI | 2457 | Tehran | |
| 18 | IM | Firouzja Alireza | 12573981 | IRI | 2456 | Mazandaran | |
| 19 | IM | Sammalvuo Tapani | 501115 | FIN | 2431 | Finland | |
| 20 | IM | Gholami Aryan | 12513342 | IRI | 2422 | Mazandaran | |
| 21 | IM | Asgarizadeh Ahmad | 12505684 | IRI | 2421 | Tehran | |
| 22 | IM | Morchiashvili Bachana | 13602535 | GEO | 2420 | Georgia | |
| 23 | IM | Mousavi Seyed Khalil | 12511099 | IRI | 2420 | Guilan | |
| 24 | Tahbaz Arash | 12528846 | IRI | 2413 | Guilan |