Standings after 7 rounds:
| 1 | GM | Rozentalis, Eduardas | LTU | 2588 | 4.0 | ||||||
| 2 | GM | Olszewski, Michal | POL | 2559 | 3.0 | ||||||
| 3 | GM | Sasikiran, Krishnan | IND | 2669 | 3.5 | ||||||
| 4 | GM | Nyback, Tomi | FIN | 2627 | 2.5 | ||||||
| 5 | IM | Abasov, Nijat Azad Oglu | AZE | 2505 | 2.5 | ||||||
| 6 | GM | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | BLR | 2616 | 3.5 | ||||||
| 7 | GM | Socko, Bartosz | POL | 2656 | 3.0 | ||||||
| 8 | GM | Krasenkow, Michal | POL | 2631 | 4.0 | ||||||
| 9 | GM | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | POL | 2637 | 5.0 | ||||||
| 10 | GM | Macieja, Bartlomiej | POL | 2612 | 4.0 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Sasi’s rating really went down after he broke 2700.