Leaders after 8 rounds
| M-ce | Tyt. | Nazwisko Imię | Fed. | Elo | Pkt. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Edouard, Romain | FRA | 2636 | 7.0 |
| 1 | GM | Kempinski, Robert | POL | 2597 | 7.0 |
| 3 | GM | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2764 | 7.0 |
| 3 | GM | Halkias, Stelios | GRE | 2578 | 7.0 |
| 5 | GM | Andriasian, Zaven | ARM | 2585 | 7.0 |
| 6 | GM | Fridman, Daniel | GER | 2645 | 7.0 |
| 7 | GM | Almasi, Zoltan | HUN | 2721 | 7.0 |
| 8 | GM | Korobov, Anton | UKR | 2684 | 7.0 |
| 9 | GM | Macieja, Bartlomiej | POL | 2636 | 7.0 |
| 10 | GM | Markowski, Tomasz | POL | 2625 | 7.0 |
| 11 | GM | Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2735 | 7.0 |
| 11 | IM | Neiksans, Arturs | LAT | 2503 | 7.0 |
| 13 | GM | Inarkiev, Ernesto | RUS | 2667 | 7.0 |
| 14 | GM | Gajewski, Grzegorz | POL | 2555 | 7.0 |
| 15 | GM | Vovk, Yuri | UKR | 2539 | 7.0 |
| 16 | GM | Gashimov, Vugar | AZE | 2733 | 6.5 |
| 17 | GM | Moiseenko, Alexander | UKR | 2670 | 6.5 |
| 18 | IM | Tomczak, Jacek | POL | 2539 | 6.5 |
| 19 | IM | Nyzhnyk, Illya | UKR | 2535 | 6.5 |
| 20 | GM | Tkachiev, Vladislav | FRA | 2636 | 6.5 |
| 21 | GM | Gritsak, Orest | UKR | 2539 | 6.5 |
| 22 | GM | Shimanov, Aleksandr | RUS | 2516 | 6.5 |
| 23 | GM | Levin, Evgeny A. | RUS | 2483 | 6.5 |
| 24 | GM | Rublevsky, Sergei | RUS | 2678 | 6.5 |
| 25 | GM | Zhigalko, Andrey | BLR | 2570 | 6.5 |
| 26 | IM | Castaldo, Folco | ITA | 2419 | 6.5 |
