Standings after 8 rounds (top 15)
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| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 2 | GM | Kharitonov Alexandr | RUS | 2563 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 44,0 | 35,00 |
| 2 | 8 | GM | Kotronias Vasilios | GRE | 2488 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 43,0 | 33,75 |
| 3 | 4 | GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | ROU | 2525 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 32,75 |
| 4 | 3 | GM | Levin Evgeny A. | RUS | 2532 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 44,5 | 32,00 |
| 5 | 1 | GM | Nikolov Momchil | BUL | 2585 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 42,5 | 30,75 |
| 6 | 13 | FM | Zakarian David | ARM | 2360 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 42,5 | 30,00 |
| 7 | 9 | GM | Kasparov Sergey | BLR | 2470 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 41,5 | 29,75 |
| 8 | 7 | GM | Karpatchev Aleksandr | RUS | 2508 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 28,75 |
| 9 | 12 | GM | Ivanov Mikhail M | RUS | 2391 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 28,75 |
| 10 | 14 | IM | Ippolito Dean | USA | 2350 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 38,5 | 28,25 |
| 11 | 6 | GM | Ulybin Mikhail | RUS | 2518 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 38,5 | 27,75 |
| 12 | 10 | IM | Ahlander Bjorn | SWE | 2432 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 38,0 | 28,25 |
| 13 | 18 | WIM | Galunova Tsveta | BUL | 2248 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 36,5 | 25,50 |
| 14 | 11 | FM | Duzhakov Ilya | RUS | 2429 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 44,5 | 28,25 |
| 15 | 5 | GM | Gleizerov Evgeny | RUS | 2519 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 41,5 | 26,75 |