Standings after 9 (of 11) rounds
| 1. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | 2686 | 6½ | ||
| 2. | Bauer, Christian | g | 2682 | 6 | ||
| 3. | Edouard, Romain | g | 2652 | 6 | ||
| 4. | Bacrot, Etienne | g | 2713 | 6 | ||
| 5. | Tkachiev, Vladislav | g | 2644 | 5½ | ||
| 6. | Fressinet, Laurent | g | 2714 | 5½ | ||
| 7. | Istratescu, Andrei | g | 2647 | 5½ | ||
| 8. | Maze, Sebastien | g | 2573 | 4 | ||
| 9. | Hamdouchi, Hicham | g | 2627 | 3½ | ||
| 10. | Vaisser, Anatoly | g | 2556 | 2½ | ||
| 11. | Lagarde, Maxime | m | 2505 | 2 | ||
| 12. | Mullon, Jean-Baptiste | m | 2404 | 1 |
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