Leaders after 3 rounds
| 1 | GM Howell, David W L | 3.0 | ENG | M | 2625 | 3034 | +0.41 |
| 2 | GM Van Den Doel, Erik | 3.0 | NED | M | 2574 | 3005 | +0.46 |
| 3 | IM Spirin, Oleg | 3.0 | RUS | M | 2491 | 2939 | +0.52 |
| 4 | GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | 3.0 | IND | M | 2470 | 2921 | +0.53 |
| 5 | GM Nikolic, Predrag | 2.5 | BIH | M | 2629 | 2598 | -0.03 |
| 6 | GM Tiviakov, Sergei | 2.5 | NED | M | 2623 | 2549 | -0.14 |
| 7 | GM Polak, Tomas | 2.5 | CZE | M | 2540 | 2489 | -0.08 |
| 8 | GM Hasangatin, Ramil | 2.5 | RUS | M | 2515 | 2496 | +0.00 |
| 9 | IM Llaneza Vega, Marcos | 2.5 | ESP | M | 2465 | 2416 | -0.09 |
| 10 | GM Van Der Wiel, John T.H. | 2.5 | NED | M | 2451 | 2550 | +0.46 |
| 11 | IM Chytilek, Roman | 2.5 | CZE | M | 2381 | 2518 | +0.57 |
| 12 | FM Van Wessel, Rudy | 2.5 | NED | M | 2371 | 2361 | +0.00 |
| 13 | FM Ducarmon, Quinten | 2.5 | NED | M | 2352 | 2482 | +0.53 |
| 14 | IM Vishnu Prasanna. V | 2.5 | IND | M | 2340 | 2439 | +0.47 |
Full standings here.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Howell is quite promising.