Leaders after 3 rounds
| Rk. | Name | FED | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | Rp | |
| 1 | GM | McShane Luke J | ENG | 2683 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 5.50 | 3158 |
| GM | Hillarp Persson Tiger | SWE | 2524 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 5.50 | 3040 | |
| 3 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | NED | 2643 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 5.00 | 3149 |
| GM | Halkias Stelios | GRE | 2579 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 5.00 | 3082 | |
| GM | Hess Robert L | USA | 2565 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 5.00 | 3073 | |
| IM | Berbatov Kiprian | BUL | 2454 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 5.00 | 3082 | |
| IM | Ziska Helgi Dam | FAI | 2432 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 5.00 | 3071 | |
| 8 | GM | Miroshnichenko Evgenij | UKR | 2670 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 5.00 | 3155 |
| GM | Miton Kamil | POL | 2600 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 5.00 | 3097 | |
| 10 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | UKR | 2627 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 4.00 | 3138 |
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