Standings after 2 rounds
| 1. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2738 | * | . | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1½ | |
| 2. | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2737 | . | * | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | 1 | 1½ | |
| 3. | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2752 | ½ | . | * | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | |
| 4. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2754 | . | . | ½ | * | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | |
| 5. | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2742 | . | . | . | . | * | ½ | . | ½ | . | . | . | . | 1 | |
| 6. | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2730 | . | . | . | . | ½ | * | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | |
| 7. | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | CUB | 2725 | . | . | . | ½ | . | ½ | * | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | |
| 8. | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2722 | . | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | * | ½ | . | . | . | 1 | |
| 9. | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2729 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | * | . | . | ½ | 1 | |
| 10. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2783 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | 1 | . | 1 | |
| 11. | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2684 | . | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | * | . | ½ | |
| 12. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2769 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | * | ½ |
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