Standings after 4 rounds
| 1. | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2737 | 3½ |
| 2-3. | Alekseev, Evgeny | RUS | 2662 | 2½ |
| 2-3. | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | RUS | 2710 | 2½ |
| 4-9. | Leko, Peter | HUN | 2728 | 2 |
| 4-9. | Roiz, Michael | ISR | 2668 | 2 |
| 4-9 | Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | 2683 | 2 |
| 4-9 | Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2713 | 2 |
| 4-9 | Andreikin, Dmitry | RUS | 2705 | 2 |
| 4-9 | Moiseenko, Alexander | UKR | 2726 | 2 |
| 10-11. | Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2758 | 1½ |
| 10-11. | Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | 2726 | 1½ |
| 12. | Ni, Hua | CHN | 2670 | ½ |
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