Leaders after 6 rounds:
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | GM | Malakhatko Vadim | BEL | 2618 | 5,0 | 12653 | 2551 | 0,0 |
| 2 | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | GEO | 2581 | 5,0 | 12423 | 2513 | 0,0 |
| 3 | GM | Bachmann Axel | PAR | 2555 | 5,0 | 12407 | 2523 | 0,0 |
| 4 | GM | Maletin Pavel | RUS | 2559 | 5,0 | 12253 | 2505 | 0,0 |
| 5 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 2659 | 4,5 | 12693 | 2552 | 0,0 |
| 6 | GM | Kotanjian Tigran | ARM | 2552 | 4,5 | 12476 | 2535 | 0,0 |
| 7 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | BLR | 2624 | 4,5 | 12359 | 2493 | 0,0 |
| 8 | GM | Arun Prasad S | IND | 2552 | 4,5 | 12328 | 2510 | 0,0 |
| 9 | GM | Geetha Narayanan Gopal | IND | 2572 | 4,5 | 12217 | 2459 | 0,0 |
| 10 | GM | Kotsur Pavel | KAZ | 2589 | 4,5 | 12116 | 2471 | 0,0 |
| 11 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | BLR | 2611 | 4,5 | 12109 | 2464 | 0,0 |
| 12 | IM | Adhiban B | IND | 2483 | 4,5 | 12045 | 2443 | 0,0 |
| 13 | GM | Bocharov Dmitry | RUS | 2606 | 4,5 | 11945 | 2429 | 0,0 |
| 14 | GM | Anastasian Ashot | ARM | 2554 | 4,5 | 11792 | 2393 | 0,0 |
| 15 | Ramnath Bhuvanesh R | IND | 2273 | 4,5 | 10067 | 2517 | 0,0 |
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