| Round 3 |
| Bo. | 1 | NAO Chess Club | Rtg | - | 9 | Kisela Voda Skopje | Rtg | 3½:2½ |
| 1 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2702 | - | GM | Georgiev Kiril | 2654 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2690 | - | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2644 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | GM | Lautier Joel | 2663 | - | GM | Damljanovic Branko | 2535 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2653 | - | GM | Ivanisevic Ivan | 2550 | ½ - ½ |
| 5 | GM | Nataf Igor-Alexandre | 2560 | - | GM | Mitkov Nikola | 2493 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | GM | Hauchard Arnaud | 2509 | - | GM | Georgiev Vladimir | 2502 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 2 | Bosna Sarajevo | Rtg | - | 3 | Norilsky Nikel | Rtg | 3½:2½ |
| 1 | GM | Adams Michael | 2752 | - | GM | Bareev Evgeny | 2726 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2697 | - | GM | Dreev Alexey | 2676 | ½ - ½ |
| 3 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | 2677 | - | GM | Zvjaginsev Vadim | 2673 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2654 | - | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | 2668 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | GM | Radjabov Teimur | 2618 | - | GM | Tregubov Pavel | 2599 | 0 - 1 |
| 6 | GM | Kozul Zdenko | 2588 | - | GM | Rustemov Alexander | 2589 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 20 | Hapoel Cellcom Kfar Saba | Rtg | - | 6 | St.Petersburg LTG | Rtg | 2 : 4 |
| 1 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2658 | - | GM | Sakaev Konstantin | 2647 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | GM | Gershon Alik | 2556 | - | GM | Volkov Sergey | 2636 | ½ - ½ |
| 3 | GM | Lerner Konstantin | 2536 | - | GM | Korchnoi Viktor | 2626 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | GM | Soffer Ram | 2492 | - | GM | Popov Valerij | 2579 | ½ - ½ |
| 5 | IM | Rabinovich Alexander | 2435 | - | GM | Ivanov Sergey | 2561 | 0 - 1 |
| 6 | | Kaganskiy Gleb | 2332 | - | IM | Alekseev Evgeny | 2580 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 8 | Kiseljak | Rtg | - | 7 | Tomsk | Rtg | 3 : 3 |
| 1 | GM | Azmaiparashvili Zurab | 2676 | - | GM | Filippov Valerij | 2615 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Nikolic Predag | 2653 | - | GM | Motylev Alexander | 2634 | 0 - 1 |
| 3 | GM | Lputian Smbat | 2634 | - | GM | Pigusov Evgeny | 2622 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | GM | Palac Mladen | 2564 | - | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | 2625 | ½ - ½ |
| 5 | GM | Yemelin Vasily | 2534 | - | GM | Landa Konstantin | 2621 | ½ - ½ |
| 6 | GM | Lugovoi Aleksei | 2516 | - | GM | Belozerov Andrei | 2541 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 19 | Csuti Antal Zalaegerszeg | Rtg | - | 15 | Chess Club Alkaloid Skopje | Rtg | 2 : 4 |
| 1 | GM | Portisch Lajos | 2599 | - | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2654 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | GM | Sax Gyula | 2511 | - | GM | Tiviakov Sergei | 2628 | ½ - ½ |
| 3 | IM | Horvath Adam | 2476 | - | GM | Nedev Trajce | 2476 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | GM | Horvath Csaba | 2517 | - | GM | Jacimovic Dragoljub | 2469 | ½ - ½ |
| 5 | GM | Groszpeter Attila | 2491 | - | GM | Bogdanovski Vlatko | 2483 | 0 - 1 |
| 6 | IM | Horvath Gyula | 2435 | - | IM | Stanojoski Zvonko | 2479 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 4 | Ladia Kazan | Rtg | - | 18 | Napredak Sarajevo | Rtg | 5 : 1 |
| 1 | GM | Khalifman Alexander | 2690 | - | GM | Atalik Suat | 2551 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2678 | - | IM | Blagojevic Dragisa | 2537 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | GM | Rublevsky Sergei | 2658 | - | GM | Varga Zoltan | 2528 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | GM | Kharlov Andrei | 2609 | - | GM | Kosic Dragan | 2542 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | GM | Baklan Vladimir | 2614 | - | FM | Rasic Damir | 2342 | ½ - ½ |
| 6 | IM | Timofeev Artyom | 2558 | - | FM | Glavas Dragan | 2273 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 26 | SC Die Klagenfurter | Rtg | - | 13 | Beer Sheva Chess Club | Rtg | 1½:4½ |
| 1 | GM | Bischoff Klaus | 2554 | - | GM | Avrukh Boris | 2582 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Horvath Jozsef | 2535 | - | GM | Huzman Alexander | 2591 | ½ - ½ |
| 3 | IM | Hoelzl Franz | 2393 | - | GM | Greenfeld Alon | 2562 | 0 - 1 |
| 4 | FM | Steflitsch Erich | 2399 | - | IM | Roiz Michael | 2507 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | FM | Pilaj Herwig | 2312 | - | IM | Vydeslaver Alik | 2430 | 0 - 1 |
| 6 | FM | Titz Heimo | 2309 | - | GM | Tseitlin Mark | 2472 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 36 | Studenti | Rtg | - | 5 | Polonia Plus GSM Warszawa | Rtg | ½ :5½ |
| 1 | IM | Seitaj Ilir | 2406 | - | GM | Polgar Judit | 2681 | 0 - 1 |
| 2 | FM | Rama Lorenc | 2348 | - | GM | Krasenkow Michal | 2662 | 0 - 1 |
| 3 | | Mehmeti Dritan | 2302 | - | GM | Macieja Bartlomiej | 2607 | 0 - 1 |
| 4 | FM | Karkanaqe Ilir | 2375 | - | GM | Kempinski Robert | 2587 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | | Cela Shkelqim | 1800 | - | GM | Rozentalis Eduardas | 2564 | ½ - ½ |
| 6 | | Adhami Vangjel | 1800 | - | GM | Socko Bartosz | 2562 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 16 | Merkur Versicherung Graz | Rtg | - | 10 | CS Clichy | Rtg | 2½:3½ |
| 1 | GM | Luther Thomas | 2551 | - | GM | Van Wely Loek | 2645 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | IM | Stanec Nikolaus | 2523 | - | GM | Relange Eloi | 2494 | ½ - ½ |
| 3 | GM | Kindermann Stefan | 2519 | - | GM | Degraeve Jean-Marc | 2586 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | GM | Teske Henrik | 2529 | - | GM | Conquest Stuart | 2542 | ½ - ½ |
| 5 | FM | Watzka Horst | 2351 | - | GM | Apicella Manuel | 2510 | ½ - ½ |
| 6 | | Detter Peter | 2170 | - | FM | Moingt Jean-Claude | 2284 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 11 | Momot Regional Donetsk | Rtg | - | 24 | C.A. Reverte Albox | Rtg | 5½: ½ |
| 1 | GM | Borovikov Vladislav | 2570 | - | GM | Suba Mihai | 2507 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Efimenko Zahar | 2557 | - | IM | Saldano Horacio | 2414 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | IM | Miroshnichenko Evgenij | 2525 | - | GM | Romero Holmes Alfonso | 2524 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | IM | Areshchenko Alexander | 2533 | - | IM | Del Rio Angelis Salvador G | 2498 | ½ - ½ |
| 5 | IM | Korobov Anton | 2534 | - | IM | Zlotnik Boris A | 2423 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | IM | Karjakin Sergey | 2523 | - | | Hernando Rodrigo Jose Maria | 2393 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 12 | Danko Donbass | Rtg | - | 29 | Sollentuna Chess Club | Rtg | 4½:1½ |
| 1 | GM | Eingorn Vereslav S | 2604 | - | GM | Agrest Evgenij | 2599 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Kruppa Yuri | 2544 | - | | Carlsson Pontus | 2400 | ½ - ½ |
| 3 | GM | Savchenko Stanislav | 2537 | - | FM | Couso Luis | 2345 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | GM | Timoshenko Georgy | 2528 | - | | Bergstrom Peter | 2306 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | GM | Kuzmin Gennadi | 2512 | - | | Lindberg Bosse | 2284 | ½ - ½ |
| 6 | GM | Shneider Aleksandr | 2506 | - | | Rygaard Michael | 2255 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 22 | ASA Shlomo Tel Aviv | Rtg | - | 14 | Karpaty Galychyna | Rtg | 1½:4½ |
| 1 | GM | Har-Zvi Ronen | 2505 | - | GM | Romanishin Oleg | 2559 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | GM | Gofshtein Leonid | 2519 | - | GM | Volokitin Andrei | 2545 | 0 - 1 |
| 3 | GM | Kantsler Boris | 2487 | - | GM | Gritsak Orest | 2542 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | IM | Zoler Dan | 2503 | - | GM | Maksimenko Andrei | 2523 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | GM | Finkel Alexander | 2485 | - | GM | Kozakov Mikhail | 2450 | 0 - 1 |
| 6 | | Bitansky Igor | 2337 | - | IM | Firman Nazar | 2494 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 23 | Chess Acad. DEI Northern Greece | Rtg | - | 17 | SZ Rafinerija Novi Sad | Rtg | 3½:2½ |
| 1 | GM | Banikas Hristos | 2521 | - | GM | Kovacevic Aleksandar | 2551 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Marjanovic Slavoljub | 2485 | - | GM | Ilincic Zlatko | 2532 | ½ - ½ |
| 3 | IM | Mastrovasilis Athanasios | 2461 | - | GM | Solak Dragan | 2515 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | 2462 | - | GM | Popovic Petar | 2525 | ½ - ½ |
| 5 | IM | Tzermiadianos Andreas | 2440 | - | GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | 2537 | ½ - ½ |
| 6 | | Pinchuk Sergey | 2425 | - | GM | Lazic Miroljub | 2459 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 21 | SK Hohenems | Rtg | - | 32 | Boey Temse | Rtg | 5 : 1 |
| 1 | GM | Hickl Joerg | 2602 | - | IM | Stryjecki Marek | 2424 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | IM | Atlas Valeri | 2501 | - | IM | Vander Stricht Geert | 2404 | ½ - ½ |
| 3 | IM | Gustafsson Jan | 2542 | - | | Filipek Jakub | 2373 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | IM | Naumann Alexander | 2507 | - | FM | Roofdhooft Marcel | 2260 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | GM | Bezold Michael | 2468 | - | | Boeykens Marc | 2240 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | FM | Novkovic Milan | 2375 | - | | Dardha Arben | 2245 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 27 | Rochade Eupen | Rtg | - | 31 | Arhus | Rtg | 3 : 3 |
| 1 | GM | Chuchelov Vladimir | 2591 | - | FM | Palo Davor | 2394 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | GM | Kishnev Sergey | 2497 | - | FM | Boe Mads | 2390 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | FM | Coenen Norbert | 2425 | - | IM | Vinter-Schou Uffe | 2342 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | FM | Ahn Martin | 2294 | - | | Pedersen Finn | 2266 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | FM | Marechal Andy | 2288 | - | | Rasmussen Casper | 2304 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | | Petzold Klaus | 2257 | - | | Rewitz Poul | 2286 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 25 | Schachfreunde Neukölln | Rtg | - | 43 | Crumlin Chess Club | Rtg | 6 : 0 |
| 1 | IM | Berndt Stephan | 2482 | - | | O"Cinneide Mel | 2251 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | IM | Polzin Rainer | 2462 | - | | stassen Walter | 1800 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | IM | Borriss Martin | 2439 | - | | Hurley John | 2095 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | IM | Poldauf Dirk | 2410 | - | | Ahern John | 1800 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | IM | Thiede Lars | 2416 | - | | Smith Derek | 1800 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | FM | Rudolf Henrik | 2348 | - | | Whelan Niall | 1800 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 39 | Dudelange | Rtg | - | 34 | Barbican 4NCL | Rtg | 3½:2½ |
| 1 | IM | Habibi Ali | 2279 | - | GM | Parker Jonathan | 2570 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | | Hisler Thomas | 2247 | - | IM | Ferguson Mark | 2378 | 0 - 1 |
| 3 | FM | Mossong Hubert | 2200 | - | | Dishman Stephen | 2297 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | | Schartz Alain | 2196 | - | | Sands David | 2246 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | | Gaspar Lucien | 2142 | - | | Tucker Alex | 2199 | ½ - ½ |
| 6 | | Simon Bernhard | 1800 | - | | Flower David | 2108 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 38 | Bristol | Rtg | - | 28 | Hellir Chess Club | Rtg | 4 : 2 |
| 1 | IM | Sherwin James | 2344 | - | GM | Stefansson Hannes | 2588 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | IM | Beaumont Chris | 2318 | - | GM | Olafsson Helgi | 2476 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | FM | Burgess Graham | 2309 | - | FM | Karlsson Agust Sindri | 2347 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | | Collier David | 2274 | - | FM | Asmundsson Ingvar | 2338 | ½ - ½ |
| 5 | | Buckley David | 2190 | - | FM | Bergsson Snorri | 2288 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | | Dilleigh Steve | 2164 | - | FM | Gretarsson Andri Ass | 2313 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 40 | Istanbul Techn.Univ. SC | Rtg | - | 30 | Corpora Lipovec | Rtg | 4½:1½ |
| 1 | FM | Atakisi Umut | 2361 | - | GM | Stohl Igor | 2556 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | | Yeke Serkan | 2258 | - | GM | Timoscenko Gennadij | 2508 | 0 - 1 |
| 3 | FM | Erdogan Hakan | 2218 | - | FM | Bednar Jaromir | 2335 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | FM | Kilicaslan Hasan | 2260 | - | | Kajan Milan | 2099 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | | Guner Bulent | 2142 | - | | Radovan Dibala | 1800 | ½ - ½ |
| 6 | | Bolcan Engin | 2033 | - | | Petko Vladimir | 1800 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 33 | Chess Club Taraus | Rtg | - | 37 | C.R. des Echecs de Liege | Rtg | 2 : 4 |
| 1 | IM | Maki Veijo | 2384 | - | GM | Winants Luc | 2504 | 0 - 1 |
| 2 | FM | Nyysti Sampsa | 2297 | - | FM | Kocsis Levente | 2392 | 0 - 1 |
| 3 | FM | Lehtinen Heikki | 2338 | - | | Gulbas Cemil | 2301 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | FM | Penttinen Jarkko | 2366 | - | | Hautot Stephane | 2273 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | | Mertanen Janne | 2241 | - | | Goossens Etienne | 2189 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | | Hokkanen Petri | 2248 | - | | Dal Borgo Albin | 1800 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 41 | Randaberg Sjakklubb | Rtg | - | 35 | Joensu Chess Club | Rtg | 1½:4½ |
| 1 | | Egeli Per Ove | 2312 | - | IM | Kiik Kalle | 2450 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | | Storland Knut Harald | 2273 | - | IM | Karttunen Mika | 2434 | 0 - 1 |
| 3 | FM | Harestad Thor Geir | 2222 | - | FM | Lampen Timo | 2315 | 0 - 1 |
| 4 | | Vestly Jan | 2123 | - | | Lahtinen Markku | 2287 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | | Steedman James | 1800 | - | | Nivala Tuomas | 2218 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | | Haugen Arild | 1800 | - | | Saastamoinen Aarne | 2172 | 0 - 1 |