Starting rank (top seeds)
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr176510.aspx
| No. | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | GM | Hammer Jon Ludvig | 1503707 | NOR | 2683 |
| 2 | GM | Tiviakov Sergei | 1008013 | NED | 2621 |
| 3 | GM | Socko Bartosz | 1107038 | POL | 2617 |
| 4 | GM | Goganov Aleksey | 24109959 | RUS | 2603 |
| 5 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | 24603295 | GER | 2568 |
| 6 | GM | Ivanov Sergey | 4101375 | RUS | 2561 |
| 7 | GM | Hilarp-Persson Tiger | 1700812 | SWE | 2546 |
| 8 | GM | Blomqvist Erik | 1709437 | SWE | 2514 |
| 9 | GM | Cramling Pia | 1700030 | SWE | 2513 |
| 10 | GM | Tikkanen Hans | 1706446 | SWE | 2509 |
| 11 | GM | Miezisn Normunds | 11600136 | LAT | 2490 |
| 12 | GM | Socko Monika | 1106619 | POL | 2456 |
| 13 | GM | Semcesen Daniel | 1706993 | SWE | 2436 |
| 14 | GM | Åkesson Ralf | 1700120 | SWE | 2411 |
| 15 | IM | Lindgren Philip | 1713230 | SWE | 2410 |
| 16 | IM | Vasilevich Tatjana | 14101610 | UKR | 2380 |
| 17 | GM | Bellon Juan | 2200031 | ESP | 2374 |
| 18 | FM | Arman Deniz | 6302106 | TUR | 2332 |