Top 50 performers after 8 rounds
| No. | Name | Rtg | Team | Rp | Pts. | Games | % | Bo. | |
| 1 | GM | Radjabov Teimour | 2788 | Azerbaijan | 2929 | 6.0 | 7 | 85.7 | 1 |
| 2 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2729 | Azerbaijan | 2854 | 6.0 | 7 | 85.7 | 3 |
| 3 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2763 | Russia | 2828 | 6.0 | 8 | 75.0 | 2 |
| 4 | GM | Wang Hao | 2726 | China | 2827 | 5.0 | 7 | 71.4 | 1 |
| 5 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2778 | United States |
2823 | 4.5 | 6 | 75.0 | 1 |
| 6 | GM | Zhigalko Sergei | 2667 | Belarus | 2819 | 6.0 | 7 | 85.7 | 1 |
| 7 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2722 | Russia | 2819 | 5.0 | 6 | 83.3 | 5 |
| 8 | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2706 | Latvia | 2809 | 5.5 | 7 | 78.6 | 1 |
| 9 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2686 | France | 2803 | 5.0 | 7 | 71.4 | 1 |
| 10 | GM | Filippov Anton | 2617 | Uzbekistan | 2801 | 5.5 | 7 | 78.6 | 2 |
| 11 | GM | Navara David | 2691 | Czech Republic | 2798 | 6.5 | 8 | 81.3 | 2 |
| 12 | GM | Le Quang Liem | 2693 | Vietnam | 2796 | 6.0 | 7 | 85.7 | 1 |
| 13 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2816 | Armenia | 2794 | 4.5 | 7 | 64.3 | 1 |
| 14 | GM | Macieja Bartlomiej | 2594 | Poland | 2792 | 5.0 | 6 | 83.3 | 5 |
| 15 | GM | Kramnik Vladimir | 2797 | Russia | 2785 | 4.0 | 7 | 57.1 | 1 |
| 16 | GM | Felgaer Ruben | 2570 | Argentina | 2777 | 5.5 | 7 | 78.6 | 3 |
| 17 | GM | Harikrishna Pentala | 2685 | India | 2771 | 5.0 | 7 | 71.4 | 2 |
| 18 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 2610 | Tajikistan | 2767 | 6.0 | 7 | 85.7 | 1 |
| 19 | GM | Onishuk Alexander | 2666 | United States |
2767 | 5.5 | 7 | 78.6 | 3 |
| 20 | GM | Fridman Daniel | 2653 | Germany | 2762 | 5.5 | 7 | 78.6 | 4 |
| 21 | GM | Volokitin Andrei | 2709 | Ukraine | 2758 | 5.0 | 7 | 71.4 | 3 |
| 22 | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2734 | Ukraine | 2755 | 5.0 | 7 | 71.4 | 2 |
| 23 | GM | Li Chao | 2665 | China | 2754 | 5.0 | 6 | 83.3 | 5 |
| 24 | GM | Short Nigel | 2698 | England | 2749 | 6.0 | 8 | 75.0 | 3 |
| 25 | GM | Bruzon Batista Lazaro | 2711 | Cuba | 2740 | 6.5 | 8 | 81.3 | 2 |
| 26 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2693 | Armenia | 2739 | 6.0 | 8 | 75.0 | 4 |
| 27 | GM | Adams Michael | 2722 | England | 2739 | 4.0 | 7 | 57.1 | 1 |
| 28 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2687 | Armenia | 2737 | 5.0 | 7 | 71.4 | 3 |
| 29 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2785 | Russia | 2736 | 4.5 | 7 | 64.3 | 3 |
| 30 | GM | Topalov Veselin | 2752 | Bulgaria | 2735 | 5.0 | 7 | 71.4 | 1 |
| 31 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2746 | United States |
2734 | 6.0 | 8 | 75.0 | 2 |
| 32 | GM | So Wesley | 2652 | Philippines | 2728 | 5.0 | 8 | 62.5 | 1 |
| 33 | GM | Barbosa Oliver | 2554 | Philippines | 2727 | 6.0 | 8 | 75.0 | 2 |
| 34 | GM | Gustafsson Jan | 2610 | Germany | 2722 | 4.0 | 5 | 80.0 | 5 |
| 35 | GM | Gelfand Boris | 2738 | Israel | 2722 | 3.5 | 6 | 58.3 | 1 |
| 36 | GM | Tkachiev Vladislav | 2644 | France | 2721 | 5.5 | 7 | 78.6 | 4 |
| 37 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2697 | Spain | 2713 | 5.0 | 8 | 62.5 | 1 |
| 38 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2717 | Poland | 2711 | 4.5 | 7 | 64.3 | 1 |
| 39 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2712 | Germany | 2700 | 4.0 | 7 | 57.1 | 1 |
| 40 | GM | Papaioannou Ioannis | 2606 | Greece | 2699 | 6.0 | 8 | 75.0 | 1 |
| 41 | GM | Polgar Judit | 2698 | Hungary | 2699 | 5.0 | 7 | 71.4 | 3 |
| 42 | GM | Laznicka Viktor | 2683 | Czech Republic | 2699 | 5.0 | 8 | 62.5 | 1 |
| 43 | GM | Ding Liren | 2695 | China | 2698 | 5.0 | 7 | 71.4 | 3 |
| 44 | GM | Leon Hoyos Manuel | 2579 | Mexico | 2697 | 6.0 | 8 | 75.0 | 1 |
| 45 | GM | Wang Yue | 2685 | China | 2697 | 4.5 | 7 | 64.3 | 2 |
| 46 | GM | Flores Diego | 2589 | Argentina | 2696 | 4.5 | 6 | 75.0 | 2 |
| 47 | GM | Bu Xiangzhi | 2670 | China | 2695 | 3.0 | 5 | 60.0 | 4 |
| 48 | GM | Bologan Viktor | 2734 | Moldova | 2693 | 5.5 | 8 | 68.8 | 1 |
| 49 | GM | Khenkin Igor | 2656 | Germany | 2693 | 4.5 | 7 | 64.3 | 2 |
| 50 | IM | Solomon Kenneth | 2414 | South Africa | 2691 | 5.0 | 7 | 71.4 | 1 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Too bad the Azeris didn’t have the full squad.
Susan, Eugene Torre of the Philippines has performance rate of 2816 as of this listing. He should be No. 8 ahead of Shirov. He played only 4 games so far. Is this the reason why he is not in the list? Go Philippines!
Need 8-11 games if u want to have in this listing. I love Le Quang Liem, hope he get gold individual medal.