Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian defeated Boris Gelfand (Israel), Dmitry Yakovenko (Russia), Peter Leko (Hungary), Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia), Shahriyar Mammadyarov (Azerbaijan) and Vladislav Tkachev (Russia). He sustained 5 defeats and made a draw in 3 games. Presently, Aronian is the 10th with 7.5 points.

Viswanathan Anand (India) is leading the tournament with 12 points. He is followed by Magnus Karlsen (Norway, 10) and Anatoly Karpov (Russia, 9).