Rank after Round 8
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 4 | GM | Riazantsev Alexander | RUS | 2651 | 5,0 | 3 | 17,75 | 2,0 |
| 2 | 7 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | RUS | 2752 | 4,5 | 5 | 17,00 | 1,0 |
| 3 | 8 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | RUS | 2714 | 4,5 | 5 | 15,50 | 2,0 |
| 4 | 2 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | RUS | 2665 | 4,5 | 3 | 18,75 | 1,0 |
| 5 | 1 | GM | Svidler Peter | RUS | 2745 | 4,5 | 3 | 18,75 | 1,0 |
| 6 | 3 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | RUS | 2724 | 4,5 | 3 | 18,00 | 1,0 |
| 7 | 6 | GM | Goganov Aleksey | RUS | 2635 | 4,0 | 4 | 16,50 | 1,0 |
| 8 | 11 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | RUS | 2721 | 4,0 | 4 | 15,00 | 1,0 |
| 9 | 10 | GM | Oparin Grigoriy | RUS | 2617 | 3,5 | 5 | 13,75 | 1,0 |
| 10 | 5 | GM | Kokarev Dmitry | RUS | 2636 | 3,5 | 4 | 13,75 | 0,0 |
| 11 | 12 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2732 | 3,5 | 4 | 12,50 | 2,0 |
| 12 | 9 | GM | Bocharov Dmitry | RUS | 2611 | 2,0 | 5 | 7,75 | 0,0 |