Standings after 4 rounds:
| Rk | No. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pts | SB. | |
| 1 | 8 | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2733 | UKR | * | = | = | = | 1 | 2.5 | 5,00 | |||||||||
| 10 | GM | Leko Peter | 2735 | HUN | = | * | = | = | 1 | 2.5 | 5,00 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | GM | Gashimov Vugar | 2734 | AZE | * | = | = | = | 1 | 2.5 | 4,50 | |||||||||
| 7 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | 2669 | RUS | = | = | * | = | 1 | 2.5 | 4,50 | ||||||||||
| 13 | GM | Gelfand Boris | 2741 | ISR | = | * | = | 1 | = | 2.5 | 4,50 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2751 | UKR | = | * | = | = | 1 | 2.5 | 4,25 | |||||||||
| 7 | 5 | GM | Wang Yue | 2752 | CHN | = | = | * | = | = | 2 | 4,00 | |||||||||
| 9 | GM | Radjabov Teimour | 2740 | AZE | = | = | * | = | = | 2 | 4,00 | ||||||||||
| 9 | 12 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2725 | RUS | = | = | * | = | = | 2 | 3,75 | |||||||||
| 10 | 3 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2763 | AZE | 0 | = | = | * | = | 1.5 | 3,00 | |||||||||
| 14 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2735 | RUS | 0 | = | = | * | = | 1.5 | 3,00 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 2 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2694 | ARM | = | 0 | = | = | * | 1.5 | 2,75 | |||||||||
| 13 | 6 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | 2700 | RUS | 0 | = | = | * | = | 1.5 | 2,50 | |||||||||
| 14 | 11 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2741 | UKR | 0 | 0 | = | = | * | 1 | 1,75 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
What is happening with Ivanchuk?
Turtles supped up on red bulls, with extra long fangs , seen running down the halls probably anon. Leko better than all them anyway so it really doesnt make much difference.