Standings after round 4
| 1-2. | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | 2448 | 3 |
| 1-2. | Gunina, Valentina | m | 2507 | 3 |
| 3-5. | Kosintseva, Tatiana | g | 2530 | 2½ |
| 3-5. | Galliamova, Alisa | m | 2465 | 2½ |
| 3-5. | Girya, Olga | wg | 2433 | 2½ |
| 6. | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | g | 2524 | 2 |
| 7. | Kovanova, Baira | wg | 2408 | 1½ |
| 8-10. | Charochkina, Daria | wg | 2353 | 1 |
| 8-10. | Ubiennykh, Ekaterina | wm | 2367 | 1 |
| 8-10. | Ovod, Evgenija | m | 2419 | 1 |
Men’s section
| 1-3. | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | 2715 | 2½ |
| 1-3. | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | 2673 | 2½ |
| 1-3. | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | 2722 | 2½ |
| 4-8. | Svidler, Peter | g | 2749 | 2 |
| 4-8. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | 2785 | 2 |
| 4-8. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | 2763 | 2 |
| 4-8. | Dubov, Daniil | g | 2594 | 2 |
| 4-8. | Potkin, Vladimir | g | 2651 | 2 |
| 9. | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | 2705 | 1½ |
| 10. | Sjugirov, Sanan | g | 2635 | 1 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Pogonina is by far the best looking Russian female player.