Starting rank (top 20)
http://chess-results.com/tnr232175.aspx
| No. | Name | FideID | FED | RtgI | RtgN | ||
| 1 | GM | Amin Bassem | 10601457 | EGY | 2655 | 0 | |
| 2 | GM | Maze Sebastien | 613762 | FRA | 2617 | 0 | |
| 3 | GM | Adly Ahmed | 10601619 | EGY | 2595 | 0 | |
| 4 | GM | Gozzoli Yannick | 616915 | FRA | 2579 | 0 | |
| 5 | GM | Winants Luc | 200018 | BEL | 2547 | 0 | |
| 6 | GM | Libiszewski Fabien | 616834 | FRA | 2543 | 0 | |
| 7 | GM | Lesiege Alexandre | 2600170 | CAN | 2521 | 0 | |
| 8 | GM | Godena Michele | 800090 | ITA | 2503 | 0 | |
| 9 | IM | Aloma Vidal Robert | 2260409 | AND | 2492 | 0 | |
| 10 | IM | Bailet Pierre | 655830 | FRA | 2481 | 0 | |
| 11 | GM | Berescu Alin-Mile | 1204920 | ROU | 2452 | 0 | |
| 12 | IM | Almagro Llamas Pablo | 2221799 | ESP | 2436 | 0 | |
| 13 | GM | Miralles Gilles | 600059 | FRA | 2413 | 0 | |
| 14 | GM | Efimov Igor | 806404 | MNC | 2392 | 0 | |
| 15 | IM | Godart Francois | 208078 | BEL | 2376 | 0 | |
| 16 | IM | Karr Jean-Philippe | 612227 | FRA | 2353 | 0 | |
| 17 | FM | Villegas Pierre | 654183 | MNC | 2353 | 0 | |
| 18 | IM | Debray Christopher | 630810 | FRA | 2336 | 0 | |
| 19 | IM | Berend Fred | 4000102 | LUX | 2331 | 0 | |
| 20 | FM | Ashiku Franc | 4700066 | ALB | 2329 | 0 |