Leaders after 9 rounds
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | GM | Hou Yifan | CHN | 2605 | 7.5 | 2892.0 |
| 2 | GM | Adams Michael | ENG | 2724 | 7.0 | 2826.0 |
| 3 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2747 | 7.0 | 2808.0 |
| 4 | GM | Short Nigel D | ENG | 2677 | 7.0 | 2807.0 |
| 5 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | IND | 2700 | 7.0 | 2776.0 |
| 6 | GM | Bologan Viktor | MDA | 2680 | 7.0 | 2740.0 |
| 7 | GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2714 | 6.5 | 2744.0 |
| 8 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | HUN | 2717 | 6.5 | 2740.0 |
| 9 | GM | Howell David W L | ENG | 2603 | 6.5 | 2727.0 |
| 10 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | ARM | 2700 | 6.5 | 2707.0 |
| 11 | GM | Svidler Peter | RUS | 2749 | 6.5 | 2701.0 |
| 12 | GM | Negi Parimarjan | IND | 2641 | 6.5 | 2692.0 |
| 13 | GM | Erdos Viktor | HUN | 2634 | 6.5 | 2633.0 |
| 14 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | ISR | 2703 | 6.5 | 2624.0 |
| 15 | GM | Gustafsson Jan | GER | 2643 | 6.5 | 2618.0 |
| 16 | GM | Gopal G N | IND | 2566 | 6.0 | 2669.0 |
| 17 | GM | Polgar Judit | HUN | 2710 | 6.0 | 2668.0 |
| 18 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | 2535 | 6.0 | 2658.0 |
| 19 | GM | Laznicka Viktor | CZE | 2704 | 6.0 | 2656.0 |
| 20 | GM | David Alberto | LUX | 2598 | 6.0 | 2642.0 |
| 21 | GM | Shirov Alexei | LAT | 2710 | 6.0 | 2635.0 |
| GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | ROU | 2650 | 6.0 | 2635.0 | |
| 23 | GM | Brunello Sabino | ITA | 2581 | 6.0 | 2633.0 |
| 24 | GM | Kulaots Kaido | EST | 2581 | 6.0 | 2619.0 |
| 25 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | USA | 2617 | 6.0 | 2614.0 |
| 26 | GM | Rapport Richard | HUN | 2543 | 6.0 | 2605.0 |
| 27 | GM | Zhu Chen | QAT | 2472 | 6.0 | 2604.0 |
| 28 | GM | Fridman Daniel | GER | 2660 | 6.0 | 2603.0 |
| 29 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2699 | 6.0 | 2601.0 |
| 30 | GM | Jussupow Artur | GER | 2569 | 6.0 | 2600.0 |
| 31 | GM | Cramling Pia | SWE | 2491 | 6.0 | 2595.0 |
| 32 | GM | El Debs Felipe De Cresce | BRA | 2497 | 6.0 | 2585.0 |
| 33 | GM | Salem A R Saleh | UAE | 2505 | 6.0 | 2583.0 |
| 34 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2523 | 6.0 | 2565.0 |
| 35 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | ARM | 2683 | 6.0 | 2560.0 |
Full standings: http://chess-results.com/tnr63931.aspx
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