Standings with 1 game to go:
| 1-2. | Fressinet, Laurent | g | 2698 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 6½ |
| 1-2. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | 2722 | ½ | * | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6½ |
| 3-5. | Bacrot, Etienne | g | 2710 | ½ | . | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6 |
| 3-5. | Istratescu, Andrei | g | 2645 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3-5. | Edouard, Romain | g | 2587 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 6 |
| 6. | Feller, Sebastien | g | 2666 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | . | 5½ |
| 7. | Dorfman, Iossif | g | 2578 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4½ |
| 8-10. | Bauer, Christian | g | 2637 | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 4 |
| 8-10. | Hamdouchi, Hicham | g | 2628 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | . | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8-10. | Bricard, Emmanuel | g | 2502 | ½ | 0 | ½ | . | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 4 |
| 11-12. | Le Roux, Jean-Pierre | g | 2517 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 3½ |
| 11-12. | Shchekachev, Andrei | g | 2537 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 3½ |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Go Feller!
Isn’t it interesting that Feller is allowed to play here. I guess his ban doesn’t start yet…