Standings after 1 round
| 1. | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2698 | 1 |
| 2. | Short, Nigel | g | ENG | 2680 | 1 |
| 3. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2764 | ½ |
| 4. | Movsesian, Sergei | g | SVK | 2721 | ½ |
| 5. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2709 | ½ |
| 6. | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2683 | ½ |
| 7. | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2708 | 0 + 1 game |
| 8. | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2700 | 0 + 1 game |
| 9. | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2733 | 0 |
| 10. | Godena, Michele | g | ITA | 2549 | 0 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Ivanchuk is my fav.
There is an error in the standings: It’s not Onischuk but Moro who has an extra game unplayed.