Grand Prix standings after round 8:
| Rk | No. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pts | |
| 1 | 12 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2725 | RUS | * | = | = | 1 | = | = | = | = | = | 4.5 | |||||
| 2 | 10 | GM | Leko Peter | 2735 | HUN | = | * | = | = | = | = | 1 | = | = | 4.5 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | GM | Gashimov Vugar | 2734 | AZE | = | * | = | = | = | = | 1 | = | = | 4.5 | |||||
| 4 | 1 | GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2751 | UKR | = | * | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | 0 | = | 1 | 4.5 | |||||
| 5 | 8 | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2733 | UKR | 0 | = | 1 | * | = | = | = | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 6 | 3 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2763 | AZE | = | = | = | * | 0 | = | 1 | = | = | 4 | |||||
| 7 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | 2669 | RUS | = | = | 0 | = | * | = | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| 9 | GM | Radjabov Teimour | 2740 | AZE | = | = | = | = | * | = | = | = | = | 4 | ||||||
| 9 | 13 | GM | Gelfand Boris | 2741 | ISR | = | = | 1 | 0 | = | * | = | = | = | 4 | |||||
| 10 | 5 | GM | Wang Yue | 2752 | CHN | = | = | = | 0 | = | = | * | = | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 6 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | 2700 | RUS | = | 0 | 1 | 0 | = | = | * | = | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 12 | 11 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2741 | UKR | = | 0 | 1 | 0 | = | = | = | * | = | 3.5 | |||||
| 14 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2735 | RUS | = | = | = | 0 | = | = | = | * | = | 3.5 | ||||||
| 14 | 2 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2694 | ARM | = | 0 | = | 1 | = | 0 | 0 | = | * | 3 |
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