Standings after 5 rounds
| 1 | Vachier-Lagrave, M | 3.5 | |
| Edouard, Romain | 3.5 | ||
| Fressinet, Laurent | 3.5 | ||
| Bacrot, Etienne | 3.5 | ||
| 5 | Tkachiev, Vlad | 3 | |
| Bauer, Christian | 3 | ||
| Istratescu, Andrei | 3 | ||
| 8 | Maze, Sebastien | 2.5 | |
| 9 | Hamdouchi, Hicham | 2 | |
| 10 | Lagarde, Maxime | 1.5 | |
| 11 | Vaisser, Anatoly | 0.5 | |
| Mullon, Jean-Baptiste | 0.5 |
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