| SNo. | Title | Name | Fed. | FIDE | Local | R1 | Place |
| 1 | IM | Krylov, Mikhail | RUS | 2499 | 1000 | | 1 |
| 2 | GM | Zhigalko, Sergei | BLR | 2671 | 1000 | | 1 |
| 3 | GM | Rakhmanov, Aleksandr | RUS | 2590 | 1000 | | 1 |
| 4 | GM | Grachev, Boris | RUS | 2660 | 1000 | | 1 |
| 5 | GM | Inarkiev, Ernesto | RUS | 2672 | 1000 | | 1 |
| 6 | GM | Safarli, Eltaj | AZE | 2629 | 1000 | | 1 |
| 7 | GM | Chadaev, Nikolai | RUS | 2568 | 1000 | | 1 |
| 8 | GM | Hess, Robert L | USA | 2572 | 1000 | | 1 |
| 9 | GM | Sjugirov, Sanan | RUS | 2626 | 1000 | | 1 |
| 10 | GM | Cheparinov, Ivan | BUL | 2665 | 1000 | | 1 |
| 11 | GM | Alekseev, Evgeny | RUS | 2701 | 1000 | | 1 |
| 12 | GM | Kuzubov, Yuriy | UKR | 2624 | 1000 | | 1 |
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