Here are the results from the top twenty boards.
| Board | Seed | Title/Name | Country | Rating | Points | - | Seed | Title/Name | Country | Rating | Points |
| 1 | 27 | GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | ROU | 2673 | 4½ | ½ - ½ | 43 | GM Potkin Vladimir | RUS | 2653 | 5 |
| 2 | 170 | IM Wirig Anthony | FRA | 2480 | 4½ | ½ - ½ | 87 | GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian | ROU | 2598 | 4½ |
| 3 | 61 | GM Saric Ivan | CRO | 2626 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 7 | GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw | POL | 2711 | 4 |
| 4 | 64 | GM Romanov Evgeny | RUS | 2624 | 4 | 0-1 | 9 | GM Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2707 | 4 |
| 5 | 12 | GM Sutovsky Emil | ISR | 2692 | 4 | 0-1 | 79 | GM Hammer Jon Ludvig | NOR | 2606 | 4 |
| 6 | 14 | GM Polgar Judit | HUN | 2686 | 4 | 0-1 | 73 | GM Ragger Markus | AUT | 2614 | 4 |
| 7 | 71 | GM Savchenko Boris | RUS | 2616 | 4 | 0-1 | 17 | GM Zhigalko Sergei | BLR | 2680 | 4 |
| 8 | 21 | GM Volokitin Andrei | UKR | 2677 | 4 | 1-0 | 84 | GM Reinderman Dimitri | NED | 2601 | 4 |
| 9 | 26 | GM Moiseenko Alexander | RUS | 2673 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 97 | GM Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 2584 | 4 |
| 10 | 113 | GM Kovchan Alexander | UKR | 2563 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 28 | GM Kobalia Mikhail | RUS | 2672 | 4 |
| 11 | 33 | GM Cheparinov Ivan | BUL | 2664 | 4 | 1-0 | 98 | GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | GRE | 2584 | 4 |
| 12 | 36 | GM Khismatullin Denis | RUS | 2662 | 4 | 1-0 | 107 | GM Zhigalko Andrey | BLR | 2571 | 4 |
| 13 | 40 | GM Feller Sebastien | FRA | 2657 | 4 | 1-0 | 108 | GM Papin Vasily | RUS | 2569 | 4 |
| 14 | 115 | GM Zherebukh Yaroslav | UKR | 2560 | 4 | 0-1 | 55 | GM Khairullin Ildar | RUS | 2634 | 4 |
| 15 | 59 | GM Iordachescu Viorel | MDA | 2626 | 4 | 1-0 | 175 | IM Bellaiche Anthony | FRA | 2472 | 4 |
| 16 | 60 | GM Lupulescu Constantin | ROU | 2626 | 4 | 1-0 | 151 | GM Vaisser Anatoly | FRA | 2522 | 4 |
| 17 | 74 | GM Popov Ivan | RUS | 2613 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 1 | GM Svidler Peter | RUS | 2730 | 3½ |
| 18 | 2 | GM Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS | 2729 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 69 | GM Macieja Bartlomiej | POL | 2619 | 3½ |
| 19 | 70 | GM Ivanisevic Ivan | SRB | 2617 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM Navara David | CZE | 2722 | 3½ |
| 20 | 4 | GM Vitiugov Nikita | RUS | 2720 | 3½ | 1-0 | 83 | GM Kulaots Kaido | EST | 2601 | 3½ |
Today's photos:
The previous champions:
| Year | Player | Country |
| 2000 | Pavel Tregubov | RUS (FRA) |
| 2001 | Emil Sutovsky | ISR |
| 2002 | Bartolomej Macieja | POL |
| 2003 | Zurab Azmaiparashvili | GEO |
| 2004 | Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR |
| 2005 | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | ROM |
| 2006 | Zdenko Kozul | HRV |
| 2007 | Vladislav Tkachiev | KAZ (FRA) |
| 2008 | Sergei Tiviakov | RUS (NED) |
| 2009 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | RUS |
| 2010 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | RUS |
Here are some rules, one of the most controversial being 'Zero Tolerance' for later-comers. One just has to be at the board at the beginning of the round!
The championship is an 11-round Swiss and the rate of play: 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.
The Prizes:
The first 25 share 113,700 € and there will be 15 special prizes totaling 6 300 € for the best 'performance minus rating' achievements.
| 1 | 20 000 € |
| 2 | 15 000 € |
| 3 | 11 000 € |
| 4 | 8 000 € |
| 5 | 7 000 € |
| 6 | 6 000 € |
| 7 | 5 500 € |
| 8 | 5 000 € |
| 9 | 4 500 € |
| 10 | 4 000 € |
down to 25th (1000 Euros).
The top 'special' prize will be 1 000 €.
Rounds 1 to 7 start 3 pm (local time).
Tuesday the 29th is the rest day.
Then rounds 8 to 11, again at 3pm.
For more information go to:Official site
