Standings after 7 rounds:
| 1. | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2805 | 5 | 2901 | ||||||||||||
| 2-4. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2781 | 3½ | 2743 | ||||||||||||
| 2-4. | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2759 | 3½ | 2764 | ||||||||||||
| 2-4. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2736 | 3½ | 2764 | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2761 | 3 | 2704 | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2705 | 2½ | 2673 |
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