Round 7 results
| Br | SNr | Name | Pkte | Erg. | Pkte | Name | SNr | ||
| 1 | 6 | GM | Gallagher Joseph | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5½ | GM | Bauer Christian | 1 |
| 2 | 15 | IM | Züger Beat | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Sokolov Andrei | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | GM | Ovseyevych Sergey | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | IM | Domont Alexandre | 19 |
| 4 | 4 | GM | Kortschnoj Viktor | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | GM | Raetsky Alexander | 11 |
| 5 | 14 | IM | Filipovic Branko | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 5 |
Round 8 results
| Br | SNr | Name | Pkte | Erg. | Pkte | Name | SNr | ||
| 1 | 1 | GM | Bauer Christian | 6 | 1 – 0 | 5½ | IM | Filipovic Branko | 14 |
| 2 | 3 | GM | Sokolov Andrei | 5½ | 1 – 0 | 5½ | FM | Nüesch Gérard | 22 |
| 3 | 25 | IM | Carron Julien | 5½ | ½ – ½ | 5½ | GM | Gallagher Joseph | 6 |
| 4 | 11 | GM | Raetsky Alexander | 5½ | ½ – ½ | 5½ | IM | Züger Beat | 15 |
| 5 | 12 | IM | Sermier Guillaume | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Ovseyevych Sergey | 2 |
| 6 | 17 | IM | Gerber Richard | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Siebrecht Sebastian | 8 |
| 7 | 19 | IM | Domont Alexandre | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | IM | Kurmann Oliver | 10 |
| 8 | 57 | Stoeri Simon | 5 | 0 – 1 | 4½ | GM | Kortschnoj Viktor | 4 | |
| 9 | 5 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | FM | Grandadam Nicolas | 30 |
| 10 | 9 | GM | Cherniaev Alexander | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | Kappeler Kaspar | 38 |
Final top 10 standings
| Rg. | SNr | Name | Elo | FED | Verein | Pkt. | BH | BHs | |
| 1 | 1 | GM | Bauer Christian | 2650 | FRA | Zürich Sg | 7½ | 49 | 446 |
| 2 | 3 | GM | Sokolov Andrei | 2579 | FRA | Reichenstein Sf | 7 | 49½ | 446½ |
| 3 | 4 | GM | *Kortschnoj Viktor | 2553 | SUI | Wohlen (ag) | 6½ | 50½ | 424½ |
| 4 | 6 | GM | Gallagher Joseph | 2513 | SUI | Zürich Réti Ask | 6½ | 50 | 441 |
| 5 | 15 | IM | Züger Beat | 2410 | SUI | Luzern Sg | 6½ | 49 | 433 |
| 6 | 11 | GM | Raetsky Alexander | 2425 | RUS | 6½ | 47½ | 404½ | |
| 7 | 25 | IM | Carron Julien | 2355 | SUI | Sion | 6½ | 46 | 428 |
| 8 | 2 | GM | Ovseyevych Sergey | 2589 | UKR | Solothurn Sk | 6½ | 45½ | 417½ |
| 9 | 8 | GM | Siebrecht Sebastian | 2470 | GER | Trubschachen | 6½ | 44½ | 420 |
| 10 | 9 | GM | Cherniaev Alexander | 2445 | RUS | Genève Bois-Gentil | 6½ | 43½ | 402 |
Full standings here.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Why has Kosteniuk been playing very badly lately? She’s no where near the top 10 in the world.
Well, she ended with plus 2 – 5.5 in 9 games – that’s not very bad!