Standings after 8 rounds
| 1. | Morozevich, A | g | RUS | 2737 | 6½ |
| 2. | Tomashevsky, E | g | RUS | 2710 | 5 |
| 3. | Leko, P | g | HUN | 2728 | 4½ |
| 4. | Shirov, A | g | ESP | 2713 | 4 |
| 5. | Alekseev, E | g | RUS | 2662 | 4 |
| 6. | Roiz, M | g | ISR | 2668 | 4 |
| 7. | Vitiugov, N | g | RUS | 2726 | 4 |
| 8. | Ponomariov, R | g | UKR | 2758 | 3½ |
| 9. | Eljanov, P | g | UKR | 2683 | 3½ |
| 10. | Moiseenko, A | g | UKR | 2726 | 3½ |
| 11. | Andreikin, D | g | RUS | 2705 | 3 |
| 12. | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 2670 | 2½ |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Morozevich is so talented.