Standings after 7 rounds
| RK | İSİM | NAME | RTG | FED | Pts. | Res. | Vict | SB | ||||||
| 1 | GM | SIVUK Vitaly | 2517 | UKR | 5½ | 0 | 4 | 19,00 | |||||
| 2 | IM | ATALIK Ekaterina | 2414 | TUR | 4½ | 0 | 3 | 14,75 | |||||
| 3 | GM | YERMOLINSKY Alex | 2478 | USA | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15,00 | |||||
| 4 | GM | DAMLJANOVIC Branko | 2567 | SRB | 3½ | 0 | 3 | 8,75 | |||||
| 5 | GM | ATALIK Suat | 2550 | TUR | 3½ | 0 | 2 | 11,75 | |||||
| 6 | GM | FTACNIK Lubomir | 2560 | SVK | 3½ | 0 | 2 | 10,00 | |||||
| 7 | GM | TORRE Eugenio | 2494 | PHI | 3½ | 0 | 1 | 10,75 | |||||
| 8 | GM | LUTHER Thomas | 2533 | GER | 3½ | 0 | 1 | 9,50 | |||||
| 9 | GM | SULAVA Nenad | 2466 | CRO | 2½ | 0 | 1 | 6,50 | |||||
| 10 | IM | DANAILOV Silvio | 2442 | BUL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4,00 |