Round 5 results
| Morozevich, Alexander | – Eljanov, Pavel | 1-0 |
| Leko, Peter | – Andreikin, Dmitry | 1-0 |
| Roiz, Michael | – Tomashevsky, Evgeny | ½ |
| Moiseenko, Alexander | – Shirov, Alexei | ½ |
| Vitiugov, Nikita | – Alekseev, Evgeny | ½ |
| Ponomariov, Ruslan | – Ni, Hua | ½ |
Standings after 5 rounds
| 1. | Morozevich, A | RUS | 2737 | 4½ |
| 2. | Leko, P | HUN | 2728 | 3 |
| 3. | Alekseev, E | RUS | 2662 | 3 |
| 4. | Tomashevsky, E | RUS | 2710 | 3 |
| 5. | Roiz, M | ISR | 2668 | 2½ |
| 6. | Shirov, A | ESP | 2713 | 2½ |
| 7. | Moiseenko, A | UKR | 2726 | 2½ |
| 8. | Vitiugov, N | RUS | 2726 | 2 |
| 9. | Eljanov, P | UKR | 2683 | 2 |
| 10. | Ponomariov, R | UKR | 2758 | 2 |
| 11. | Andreikin, D | RUS | 2705 | 2 |
| 12. | Ni, Hua | CHN | 2670 | 1 |
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