Standings after 8 rounds
| 1. | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | 2754 | 6 |
| 2. | Eljanov, Pavel | g | 2712 | 5½ |
| 3. | Efimenko, Zahar | g | 2701 | 5 |
| 4. | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | 2679 | 5 |
| 5. | Volokitin, Andrei | g | 2677 | 4½ |
| 6. | Kryvoruchko, Yuriy | g | 2640 | 4½ |
| 7. | Miroshnichenko, Evgenij | g | 2651 | 4½ |
| 8. | Areshchenko, Alexander | g | 2694 | 3½ |
| 9. | Vysochin, Spartak | g | 2529 | 3 |
| 10. | Korobov, Anton | g | 2660 | 3 |
| 11. | Kovchan, Alexander | g | 2558 | 2½ |
| 12. | Vovk, Yuri | g | 2550 | 1 |
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