Leaders after 8 rounds
| Plac. | Namn | Nation | Rating | Poäng | TB1 | TB2 | |
| 1 | GM | Volkov Sergey | RUS | 2594 | 7,0 | 32,0 | 0,0 |
| GM | Shimanov Aleksandr | RUS | 2516 | 7,0 | 32,0 | 0,0 | |
| 3 | GM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2525 | 6,0 | 31,5 | 0,0 |
| 4 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | GER | 2685 | 6,0 | 30,5 | 0,0 |
| 5 | GM | Macieja Bartlomiej | POL | 2636 | 5,5 | 27,5 | 0,0 |
| 6 | GM | Berczes David | HUN | 2526 | 5,5 | 26,0 | 0,0 |
| 7 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | NED | 2642 | 5,5 | 25,0 | 0,0 |
| 8 | GM | Karlsson Lars | SWE | 2466 | 5,5 | 24,5 | 0,0 |
| 9 | GM | Berg Emanuel | SWE | 2627 | 5,5 | 24,0 | 0,0 |
| 10 | GM | Åkesson Ralf | SWE | 2434 | 5,5 | 23,0 | 0,0 |
| 11 | GM | Ivanov Sergey | RUS | 2536 | 5,5 | 23,0 | 0,0 |
| 12 | GM | Cramling Pia | SWE | 2526 | 5,5 | 22,5 | 0,0 |
| 13 | GM | Hillarp Persson Tiger | SWE | 2528 | 5,0 | 25,0 | 0,0 |
| 14 | FM | Urkedal Frode | NOR | 2438 | 5,0 | 24,5 | 0,0 |
| 15 | GM | Gleizerov Evgeny | RUS | 2572 | 5,0 | 24,5 | 0,0 |
| 16 | IM | Semcesen Daniel | SWE | 2449 | 5,0 | 23,5 | 0,0 |
| 17 | IM | Leer-Salvesen Bjarte | NOR | 2360 | 5,0 | 21,5 | 0,0 |
Full standings here.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I thought Volkov was near 2700 at one point?