Official website: http://www.totalchess.spb.ru
Standings after 8 rounds
| 1 | Svidler, Peter | GM | 2733 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6.0 | |
| 2 | Vitiugov, Nikita | GM | 2740 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5.5 | |
| 3 | Dominguez, Leinier | GM | 2734 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | |
| 4 | Khairullin, Ildar | GM | 2649 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | |
| 5 | Khalifman, Alexander | GM | 2647 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.0 | |
| 6 | Alekseev, Evgeny | GM | 2685 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4.0 | |
| 7 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | GM | 2660 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | |
| 8 | Matlakov, Maxim | GM | 2675 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 3.5 | |
| 9 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | GM | 2673 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 3.5 | |
| 10 | Efimenko, Zahar | GM | 2708 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | |
| 11 | Shimanov, Aleksandr | GM | 2599 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 3.0 | |
| 12 | Movsesian, Sergei | GM | 2722 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nice!