Leaders after 8 rounds
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| Rank | Name | Score | Fed. | M/F | Rating | TPR | W-We | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM Howell, David W L | 7.5 | ENG | M | 2698 | 2891 | +1.19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | GM Postny, Evgeny | 6.5 | ISR | M | 2642 | 2688 | +0.63 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 |
| 3 | GM Nikolic, Predrag | 6.0 | BIH | M | 2601 | 2625 | +0.44 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | GM Chatalbashev, Boris | 5.5 | BUL | M | 2516 | 2554 | +0.57 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | GM Petrov, Marian | 5.5 | BUL | M | 2487 | 2387 | -0.59 | = | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 6 | IM Das, Arghyadip | 5.5 | IND | M | 2457 | 2538 | +1.00 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ |
| 7 | IM De Jong, Jan-Willem | 5.5 | NED | M | 2448 | 2474 | +0.44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ |
| 8 | Pijpers, Arthur | 5.5 | NED | M | 2433 | 2429 | +0.13 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 9 | GM Tiviakov, Sergei | 5.0 | NED | M | 2639 | 2501 | -1.11 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 |
| 10 | GM Milov, Leonid | 5.0 | GER | M | 2462 | 2493 | +0.49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FM Erwich, Frank | 5.0 | NED | M | 2361 | 2311 | -0.26 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ |
| 12 | Van der Marel, Bert | 5.0 | NED | M | 2161 | 2439 | +2.63 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ |
| 13 | Van der Raaf, Erik | 5.0 | NED | M | 2110 | 2171 | +0.47 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | + | 1 | 1 | ½ |
| 14 | IM Van Delft, Merijn | 4.5 | NED | M | 2428 | 2221 | -1.72 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ |
| 15 | Van Overdam, Julian | 4.5 | NED | M | 2367 | 2335 | -0.16 | 1 | 1 | ½ | = | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ |