Leaders after 8 rounds
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | Rp | n | w | we | w-we | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | 1 | GM | Amin Bassem | EGY | 2633 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 39.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 2677 | 8 | 6.5 | 6.04 | 0.46 | 10 | 4.6 | |
| 2 | 2 | GM | Adly Ahmed | EGY | 2593 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 38.5 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 2637 | 8 | 6 | 5.53 | 0.47 | 10 | 4.7 | |
| 3 | 7 | IM | Arab Adlane | ALG | 2439 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 38.5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2591 | 8 | 5.5 | 3.87 | 1.63 | 10 | 16.3 | |
| 4 | 13 | IM | Belouadah Saad | ALG | 2351 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 30.5 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 2430 | 8 | 5.5 | 4.58 | 0.92 | 20 | 18.4 | |
| 5 | 3 | GM | Haddouche Mohamed | ALG | 2492 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 37.5 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2528 | 8 | 5 | 4.61 | 0.39 | 10 | 3.9 | |
| 6 | 4 | GM | Shoker Samy | EGY | 2484 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 36.5 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2407 | 8 | 5 | 5.71 | -0.71 | 10 | -7.1 | |
| 7 | 15 | IM | Elgabry Mohsen | EGY | 2325 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 35.5 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2456 | 8 | 5 | 3.65 | 1.35 | 40 | 54.0 | |
| 8 | 9 | IM | Abdelnabbi Imed | EGY | 2421 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 34.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2416 | 8 | 5 | 4.99 | 0.01 | 10 | 0.1 | |
| 9 | 20 | IM | Adu Oladapo | NGR | 2238 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 30.5 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 2401 | 8 | 5 | 3.29 | 1.71 | 20 | 34.2 | |
| 10 | 5 | IM | Ezat Mohamed | EGY | 2474 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 38.5 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2416 | 8 | 4.5 | 5.03 | -0.53 | 10 | -5.3 | |
| 11 | 8 | IM | Abdel Razik Khaled | EGY | 2430 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 38.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2413 | 8 | 4.5 | 4.62 | -0.12 | 10 | -1.2 | |
| 12 | 6 | GM | El Gindy Essam | EGY | 2450 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 37.5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2427 | 8 | 4.5 | 4.69 | -0.19 | 10 | -1.9 | |
| 13 | 11 | IM | Hesham Abdelrahman | EGY | 2389 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 35.5 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2405 | 8 | 4.5 | 4.25 | 0.25 | 10 | 2.5 | |
| 14 | 10 | IM | Farahat Ali | EGY | 2390 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 35.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2367 | 8 | 4.5 | 4.65 | -0.15 | 10 | -1.5 | |
| 15 | 12 | FM | Kayonde Andrew | ZAM | 2374 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 33.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2346 | 8 | 4.5 | 4.73 | -0.23 | 20 | -4.6 |
Full standings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr171794.aspx