Standings with 2 rounds to go
| 1. | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2737 | 7 |
| 2. | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | RUS | 2710 | 5½ |
| 3. | Leko, Peter | HUN | 2728 | 5 |
| 4-8. | Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2713 | 4½ |
| 4-8. | Alekseev, Evgeny | RUS | 2662 | 4½ |
| 4-8. | Roiz, Michael | ISR | 2668 | 4½ |
| 4-8. | Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | 2726 | 4½ |
| 4-8. | Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | 2683 | 4½ |
| 9-10. | Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2758 | 4 |
| 9-10. | Moiseenko, Alexander | UKR | 2726 | 4 |
| 11-12. | Andreikin, Dmitry | RUS | 2705 | 3 |
| 11-12. | Ni, Hua | CHN | 2670 | 3 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Moro’s play has been really aesthetic, too!