Standings after 9 rounds (top 15)
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| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 2 | GM | Kharitonov Alexandr | RUS | 2563 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 54,0 | 44,50 |
| 2 | 1 | GM | Nikolov Momchil | BUL | 2585 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 53,5 | 40,75 |
| 3 | 8 | GM | Kotronias Vasilios | GRE | 2488 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 53,0 | 39,00 |
| 4 | 12 | GM | Ivanov Mikhail M | RUS | 2391 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 50,5 | 38,50 |
| 5 | 6 | GM | Ulybin Mikhail | RUS | 2518 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 50,0 | 38,75 |
| 6 | 4 | GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | ROU | 2525 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 50,0 | 37,75 |
| 7 | 3 | GM | Levin Evgeny A. | RUS | 2532 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 56,0 | 38,50 |
| 8 | 16 | Kalogeris Ioannis | GRE | 2275 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 53,0 | 36,50 | |
| 9 | 5 | GM | Gleizerov Evgeny | RUS | 2519 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 52,0 | 35,50 |
| 10 | 9 | GM | Kasparov Sergey | BLR | 2470 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 51,0 | 34,50 |
| 11 | 14 | IM | Ippolito Dean | USA | 2350 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 50,5 | 35,00 |
| 12 | 10 | IM | Ahlander Bjorn | SWE | 2432 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 49,0 | 34,50 |
| 13 | 7 | GM | Karpatchev Aleksandr | RUS | 2508 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 53,5 | 33,25 |
| 14 | 13 | FM | Zakarian David | ARM | 2360 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 51,5 | 31,00 |
| 15 | 15 | Markidis Konstantinos | GRE | 2350 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 51,0 | 31,25 |