Leaders after 7 rounds:
| 1 |  |
GM | Sokolov Ivan | BIH | 2649 | 6,0 | 29,5 | 21,5 | 25,50 | 2782 | 7 | 6 | 4,92 | 1,08 | 10 | 10,8 |
| 2 | |
GM | Stefansson Hannes | ISL | 2574 | 5,5 | 30,5 | 22,5 | 23,75 | 2656 | 7 | 5,5 | 4,76 | 0,74 | 10 | 7,4 |
| 3 | |
IM | Nyzhnyk Illya | UKR | 2495 | 5,5 | 30,5 | 21,5 | 23,50 | 2645 | 7 | 5,5 | 4,14 | 1,36 | 10 | 13,6 |
| 4 | |
GM | Nataf Igor-Alexandre | FRA | 2534 | 5,5 | 29,5 | 21,5 | 22,25 | 2673 | 7 | 5,5 | 4,25 | 1,25 | 10 | 12,5 |
| 5 | |
GM | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2577 | 5,5 | 28,5 | 21,0 | 22,25 | 2616 | 7 | 5,5 | 5,14 | 0,36 | 10 | 3,6 |
| 6 | |
GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | UKR | 2634 | 5,0 | 33,5 | 23,5 | 22,50 | 2609 | 7 | 5 | 5,03 | -0,03 | 10 | -0,3 |
| 7 | |
GM | Dreev Alexey | RUS | 2650 | 5,0 | 32,0 | 23,0 | 22,00 | 2590 | 7 | 5 | 5,34 | -0,34 | 10 | -3,4 |
| 8 | |
GM | Baklan Vladimir | UKR | 2654 | 5,0 | 32,0 | 22,5 | 21,25 | 2627 | 7 | 5 | 5,07 | -0,07 | 10 | -0,7 |
| 9 | |
GM | Danielsen Henrik | ISL | 2495 | 5,0 | 30,5 | 22,0 | 20,50 | 2593 | 7 | 5 | 3,93 | 1,07 | 10 | 10,7 |
| 10 | |
GM | Shulman Yuri | USA | 2624 | 5,0 | 28,0 | 21,0 | 19,25 | 2549 | 7 | 5 | 5,45 | -0,45 | 10 | -4,5 |
| 11 | |
IM | Lenderman Alex | USA | 2560 | 5,0 | 27,5 | 20,0 | 18,50 | 2526 | 7 | 5 | 5,05 | -0,05 | 10 | -0,5 |
| 12 | |
GM | Ivanov Mikhail M | RUS | 2465 | 5,0 | 27,5 | 19,5 | 18,25 | 2467 | 7 | 5 | 4,64 | 0,36 | 10 | 3,6 |
| 13 | |
GM | Miezis Normunds | LAT | 2533 | 5,0 | 27,5 | 19,0 | 18,75 | 2478 | 7 | 5 | 5,11 | -0,11 | 10 | -1,1 |
| 14 | |
IM | Krush Irina | USA | 2455 | 5,0 | 27,5 | 18,5 | 18,50 | 2463 | 7 | 5 | 4,71 | 0,29 | 10 | 2,9 |
| 15 | |
GM | Kveinys Aloyzas | LTU | 2536 | 5,0 | 25,5 | 18,0 | 17,25 | 2478 | 7 | 5 | 5,22 | -0,22 | 10 | -2,2 |
| 16 | |
GM | Maze Sebastien | FRA | 2554 | 5,0 | 24,5 | 18,5 | 16,50 | 2444 | 7 | 5 | 5,29 | -0,29 | 10 | -2,9 |
| 17 | |
IM | Harika Dronavalli | IND | 2471 | 4,5 | 33,5 | 25,0 | 20,00 | 2562 | 7 | 4,5 | 3,47 | 1,03 | 10 | 10,3 |
| 18 | |
IM | Boskovic Drasko | SRB | 2454 | 4,5 | 31,0 | 23,0 | 19,00 | 2556 | 7 | 4,5 | 3,32 | 1,18 | 10 | 11,8 |
| 19 | |
GM | Ehlvest Jaan | USA | 2600 | 4,5 | 30,5 | 21,5 | 19,00 | 2506 | 7 | 4,5 | 5,16 | -0,66 | 10 | -6,6 |
| 20 | |
IM | Cori Jorge | PER | 2483 | 4,5 | 30,0 | 21,5 | 16,75 | 2506 | 7 | 4,5 | 4,10 | 0,40 | 15 | 6,0 |
| 21 | |
GM | Romanishin Oleg M | UKR | 2512 | 4,5 | 29,0 | 21,0 | 17,50 | 2560 | 7 | 4,5 | 3,88 | 0,62 | 10 | 6,2 |
| 22 | |
IM | Thorfinnsson Bragi | ISL | 2398 | 4,5 | 28,0 | 20,5 | 15,75 | 2451 | 7 | 4,5 | 3,71 | 0,79 | 10 | 7,9 |
| 23 | |
IM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2515 | 4,5 | 28,0 | 19,5 | 17,00 | 2417 | 7 | 4,5 | 5,15 | -0,65 | 10 | -6,5 |
| 24 | |
WGM | Karavade Eesha | IND | 2405 | 4,5 | 27,0 | 19,5 | 14,00 | 2480 | 7 | 4,5 | 3,55 | 0,95 | 15 | 14,3 |
| 25 | |
IM | Kjartansson Gudmundur | ISL | 2391 | 4,5 | 26,0 | 18,5 | 15,25 | 2344 | 7 | 4,5 | 4,56 | -0,06 | 15 | -0,9 |
| 26 | |
GM | Hillarp Persson Tiger | SWE | 2581 | 4,5 | 26,0 | 18,5 | 14,50 | 2438 | 7 | 4,5 | 5,52 | -1,02 | 10 | -10,2 |
| 27 | |
GM | Thorhallsson Throstur | ISL | 2426 | 4,5 | 23,5 | 16,0 | 12,50 | 2395 | 7 | 4,5 | 4,49 | 0,01 | 10 | 0,1 |
| 28 | |
GM | Galego Luis | POR | 2487 | 4,5 | 22,5 | 16,5 | 13,50 | 2319 | 7 | 4,5 | 5,22 | -0,72 | 10 | -7 |
Round 8 top board pairings:
| Bo. | No. | Name | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | No. | ||||
| 1 | 8 | |
GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 5½ | 6 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | |
3 | |
| 2 | 13 | |
GM | Nataf Igor-Alexandre | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Stefansson Hannes | |
9 | |
| 3 | 12 | |
GM | Kveinys Aloyzas | 5 | 5½ | IM | Nyzhnyk Illya | |
19 | |
| 4 | 14 | |
GM | Miezis Normunds | 5 | 5 | GM | Baklan Vladimir | |
1 | |
| 5 | 2 | |
GM | Dreev Alexey | 5 | 5 | GM | Maze Sebastien | |
11 | |
| 6 | 18 | |
GM | Danielsen Henrik | 5 | 5 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | |
4 | |
| 7 | 24 | |
IM | Krush Irina | 5 | 5 | GM | Shulman Yuri | |
5 | |
| 8 | 10 | |
IM | Lenderman Alex | 5 | 5 | GM | Ivanov Mikhail M | |
23 | |
| 9 | 6 | |
GM | Ehlvest Jaan | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Thorhallsson Throstur | |
29 | |
| 10 | 22 | |
IM | Harika Dronavalli | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Hillarp Persson Tiger | |
7 | |
| 11 | 16 | |
IM | Grandelius Nils | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Boskovic Drasko | |
25 | |
| 12 | 32 | |
IM | Thorfinnsson Bragi | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Romanishin Oleg M | |
17 | |
| 13 | 20 | |
GM | Galego Luis | 4½ | 4½ | WGM | Karavade Eesha | |
31 | |
| 14 | 34 | |
IM | Kjartansson Gudmundur | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Cori Jorge | |
21 |
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