Standings with 1 round to go
| 1. | Edouard,Romain | GM | 2646 | FRA | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7.0 | 45.0 | 351.0 | |
| 2. | Melkumyan,Hrant | GM | 2639 | ARM | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6.5 | 48.0 | 355.0 | |
| 3. | Movsesian,Sergei | GM | 2698 | ARM | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6.5 | 47.0 | 362.5 | |
| 4. | Meier,Georg (Webster U sophomore) |
GM | 2644 | |
GER | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6.5 | 47.0 | 351.0 |
| 5. | Kurnosov,Igor | GM | 2663 | RUS | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6.5 | 46.0 | 362.5 | |
| 6. | Vachier-Lagrave,M | GM | 2686 | FRA | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6.5 | 46.0 | 359.5 | |
| 7. | Postny,Evgeny | GM | 2653 | ISR | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6.5 | 46.0 | 357.5 | |
| 8. | Golod,Vitali | GM | 2547 | ISR | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6.5 | 44.5 | 348.0 | |
| 9. | Wen,Yang | GM | 2569 | CHN | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | 48.5 | 365.5 | |
| 10. | Turov,Maxim | GM | 2642 | RUS | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6.0 | 47.5 | 351.0 | |
| 11. | Saric,Ivan | GM | 2638 | CRO | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6.0 | 46.5 | 351.0 | |
| 12. | Harikrishna,Penta | GM | 2684 | IND | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6.0 | 45.5 | 358.5 | |
| 13. | Grachev,Boris | GM | 2674 | RUS | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6.0 | 45.5 | 350.0 | |
| 14. | Shankland,Samuel | GM | 2579 | USA | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6.0 | 45.0 | 345.0 | |
| 15. | Avrukh,Boris | GM | 2605 | ISR | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6.0 | 44.5 | 344.5 | |
| 16. | Bauer,Christian | GM | 2681 | FRA | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6.0 | 44.0 | 342.5 | |
| 17. | Khairullin,Ildar | GM | 2631 | RUS | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | 43.0 | 340.0 | |
| 18. | Le Roux,Jean-Pier | GM | 2559 | FRA | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6.0 | 42.0 | 336.0 | |
| 19. | Roiz,Michael | GM | 2615 | ISR | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5.5 | 46.5 | 346.5 | |
| 20. | Bok,Benjamin | IM | 2512 | J | NED | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5.5 | 45.0 | 347.0 |
| 21. | Pelletier,Yannick | GM | 2599 | SUI | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5.5 | 45.0 | 346.0 | |
| 22. | Vorotnikov,Vladis | GM | 2446 | S | RUS | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5.5 | 45.0 | 339.5 |
| 23. | Kraemer,Martin | IM | 2506 | GER | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5.5 | 44.5 | 342.5 | |
| 24. | Gloor,Roger | 2251 | SUI | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5.5 | 43.0 | 333.0 | ||
| 25. | Sengupta,Deep | GM | 2548 | IND | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5.5 | 42.5 | 333.5 | |
| 26. | Ulibin,Mikhail | GM | 2531 | RUS | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5.5 | 42.5 | 327.0 | |
| 27. | Vishnu Prasanna,V | IM | 2435 | IND | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5.5 | 42.0 | 341.0 | |
| 28. | Pavlovic,Milos | GM | 2530 | SRB | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5.5 | 42.0 | 337.0 | |
| 29. | Adhiban,Baskaran | GM | 2553 | IND | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5.5 | 41.5 | 327.5 | |
| 30. | Hungaski,Robert | IM | 2488 | USA | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5.5 | 38.5 | 312.5 | |
| 31. | Das,Arghyadip | IM | 2485 | IND | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5.5 | 38.0 | 321.5 | |
| 32. | Cebalo,Miso | GM | 2416 | S | CRO | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5.5 | 38.0 | 317.0 |
Full standings: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/en/master-tournament/standings/
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