Leaders after 8 rounds
1 IM Kristiansen Jens DEN 2429 7.0
2 GM Vaisser Anatoly FRA 2540 6.5
3 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny LAT 2507 6.5
4 GM Balashov Yuri S RUS 2475 6.0
5 GM Pushkov Nikolai RUS 2404 6.0
6 GM Okhotnik Vladimir FRA 2433 5.5
7 IM Zhelnin Vladimir V RUS 2459 5.5
8 GM Suba Mihai ROU 2418 5.5
9 GM Rantanen Yrjo A. FIN 2348 5.5
10 IM Kakageldyev Amanmurad TKM 2375 5.5
11 GM Timoscenko Gennadij SVK 2490 5.5
12 IM Stepovoj Vladimir RUS 2346 5.5
13 IM Pritchett Craig W SCO 2348 5.5
14 IM Piasetski Leon CAN 2298 5.5
15 GM Jansa Vlastimil CZE 2451 5.5
16 GM Cebalo Miso CRO 2403 5.5
17 IM Filipenko Alexander V RUS 2321 5.5
18 IM Sharif Mehrshad FRA 2462 5.0
19 IM Karasev Vladimir I RUS 2376 5.0
20 Acers Jude USA 2214 5.0
Full standings: http://chess-results.com/tnr80766.aspx
This guy may win it.