Leaders after 6 rounds
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | GM | Potkin Vladimir | RUS | 2653 | 5.5 | 3380 | 16.0 | 24.0 |
| 2 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | ROU | 2626 | 5.0 | 3296 | 13.5 | 20.5 |
| 3 | IM | Wirig Anthony | FRA | 2480 | 5.0 | 2957 | 16.5 | 23.0 |
| 4 | GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | ROU | 2673 | 5.0 | 2914 | 15.5 | 24.5 |
| 5 | GM | Khismatullin Denis | RUS | 2662 | 5.0 | 2898 | 13.5 | 20.5 |
| 6 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2707 | 5.0 | 2892 | 14.5 | 21.5 |
| 7 | GM | Ragger Markus | AUT | 2614 | 5.0 | 2881 | 15.0 | 21.5 |
| 8 | GM | Khairullin Ildar | RUS | 2634 | 5.0 | 2866 | 13.5 | 20.0 |
| 9 | GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | ROU | 2598 | 5.0 | 2766 | 16.0 | 24.0 |
| 10 | GM | Volokitin Andrei | UKR | 2677 | 5.0 | 2763 | 16.0 | 23.5 |
| 11 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | BUL | 2664 | 5.0 | 2739 | 14.0 | 20.5 |
| 12 | GM | Feller Sebastien | FRA | 2657 | 5.0 | 2727 | 13.0 | 19.5 |
| 13 | GM | Zhigalko Sergei | BLR | 2680 | 5.0 | 2720 | 13.5 | 20.0 |
| 14 | GM | Iordachescu Viorel | MDA | 2626 | 5.0 | 2712 | 15.5 | 23.5 |
| 15 | GM | Hammer Jon Ludvig | NOR | 2606 | 5.0 | 2711 | 12.5 | 19.0 |
Full standings here.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Hammer can win this one.
Can you tell me the ideas behind Judit’s Nd5 please? That one baffled me.