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Standings after 6 rounds
| 1. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | gm | FRA | 2798 | D | . | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2. | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | gm | CUB | 2713 | . | O | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 3½ | |
| 3. | Caruana, Fabiano | gm | USA | 2810 | 0 | ½ | R | ½ | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | 3½ | |
| 4. | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | gm | GER | 2674 | ½ | ½ | ½ | T | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | 3 | |
| 5. | Kramnik, Vladimir | gm | RUS | 2812 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | M | ½ | . | ½ | 3 | |
| 6. | Ponomariov, Ruslan | gm | UKR | 2706 | 0 | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | U | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7. | Najer, Evgeniy | gm | RUS | 2687 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | . | 0 | N | 1 | 2 | |
| 8. | Buhmann, Rainer | gm | GER | 2653 | 0 | ½ | 0 | . | ½ | 0 | 0 | D | 1 |