Leaders after 7 rounds:
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | GM | Korobov Anton | UKR | 2657 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 15008 | 28,0 |
| 2 | GM | Anastasian Ashot | ARM | 2578 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 15130 | 29,5 |
| 3 | GM | Grigoryan Avetik | ARM | 2584 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 15086 | 29,0 |
| 4 | FM | Sharbaf, Mohsen | IRI | 2370 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 14979 | 26,5 |
| 5 | GM | Sturua Zurab | GEO | 2512 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 14867 | 28,0 |
| 6 | GM | Guliev, Sarhan | AZE | 2485 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 14647 | 27,0 |
| 7 | GM | Amin Basem | EGY | 2568 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 14752 | 28,0 |
| 8 | Gabuzyan Hovhannes | ARM | 2261 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 14741 | 29,5 | |
| 9 | GM | Arun Prasad S | IND | 2535 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 14157 | 22,0 |
| 10 | FM | Khouri Ibrahim Mohamed | UAE | 2208 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 14037 | 20,5 |
| 11 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 2611 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 11892 | 24,0 |
| 12 | Antonio, Viani D’cunha | IND | 2208 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 15170 | 26,5 | |
| 13 | IM | Narayanan Srinath | IND | 2409 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 14843 | 25,0 |
| 14 | FM | Alhuwar Jasem | UAE | 2311 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 14813 | 25,5 |
| 15 | FM | Koohestani, Sh. | IRI | 2345 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 14235 | 22,0 |
| 16 | GM | Raetsky Alexander | RUS | 2442 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 14805 | 25,0 |
| 17 | IM | Tissir, Mohamed | MAR | 2466 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 14682 | 26,0 |
| 18 | IM | El Arousy Abdul Hameed | EGY | 2251 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 14354 | 22,0 |
| 19 | Ankit R Rajpara | IND | 2362 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 14211 | 22,0 | |
| 20 | GM | Malakhatko Vadim | BEL | 2576 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 14210 | 23,5 |
| 21 | Faisal Abdulla | UAE | 2282 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 14017 | 20,0 | |
| 22 | IM | Sarwat Walaa | EGY | 2379 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 13904 | 20,5 |
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