| Round 1 on 2003/09/28 at 14.00 |
| Bo. | 1 | NAO Chess Club | Rtg | - | 23 | TZ Trinec Chess Club | Rtg | 5½: ½ |
| 1 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2723 | - | GM | Cicak Slavko | 2530 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Adams Michael | 2719 | - | IM | Rasik Vitezslav | 2466 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | GM | Lautier Joel | 2677 | - | IM | Langner Ladislav | 2403 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2662 | - | IM | Nedela Vlastimil | 2381 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2645 | - | IM | Sikora-Lerch Jan | 2324 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2640 | - | FM | Walek Milan | 2332 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 24 | Limhamns SK | Rtg | - | 2 | Bosna Sarajevo | Rtg | 2 : 4 |
| 1 | IM | Hellsten Johan | 2511 | - | GM | Bareev Evgeny | 2721 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | GM | Brynell Stellan | 2511 | - | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2732 | ½ - ½ |
| 3 | IM | Ahlander Bjorn | 2393 | - | GM | Sokolov Ivan | 2693 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | FM | Helgason Reynir | 2336 | - | GM | Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2664 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | | Eriksson Magnus | 2322 | - | GM | Georgiev Kiril | 2637 | ½ - ½ |
| 6 | | Schneider Stefan | 2319 | - | GM | Kurajica Bojan | 2558 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 3 | Ladya Kazan | Rtg | - | 25 | Rochade Eupen | Rtg | 6 : 0 |
| 1 | GM | Kasparov Garry | 2830 | - | GM | Chuchelov Vladimir | 2608 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Bologan Viktor | 2650 | - | FM | Marechal Andy | 2256 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | GM | Rublevsky Sergei | 2672 | - | FM | Meessen Rudolf | 2279 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | GM | Kharlov Andrei | 2591 | - | | Huesmann Thomas | 2282 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | IM | Timofeev Artyom | 2575 | - | | Petzold Klaus | 2275 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | IM | Hasangatin Ramil | 2515 | - | | Plumanns Dieter | 2220 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 26 | Skolernes Skakklub Aarhus | Rtg | - | 4 | Norilsk Nikel | Rtg | 1 : 5 |
| 1 | IM | Rasmussen Karsten | 2437 | - | GM | Dolmatov Sergey | 2605 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | IM | Christensen Tobias | 2371 | - | GM | Dreev Alexey | 2698 | 0 - 1 |
| 3 | FM | Boe Mads | 2366 | - | GM | Galkin Alexander | 2607 | 0 - 1 |
| 4 | IM | Jelling Erik | 2400 | - | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | 2696 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | | Ochsner Thomas | 2362 | - | GM | Zvjaginsev Vadim | 2653 | 0 - 1 |
| 6 | | Pedersen Finn | 2282 | - | GM | Najer Evgeniy | 2608 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 5 | Tomsk-400-Yukos | Rtg | - | 27 | Jyväs-Shakki Jyväskylä | Rtg | 6 : 0 |
| 1 | GM | Khalifman Alexander | 2678 | - | GM | Solozhenkin Evgeniy | 2523 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Morozevich Alexander | 2679 | - | IM | Karttunen Mika | 2381 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | 2656 | - | IM | Salmensuu Olli | 2410 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | GM | Belozerov Andrei | 2541 | - | FM | Nevanlinna Risto | 2357 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | GM | Filippov Valerij | 2630 | - | | Franssila Tommi | 2269 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | GM | Landa Konstantin | 2614 | - | | Laihonen Petteri | 2260 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 28 | Sparkasse Gleisdorf | Rtg | - | 6 | Kiseljak | Rtg | 0 : 6 |
| 1 | GM | Mueller Karsten | 2521 | - | GM | Azmaiparashvili Zurab | 2702 | 0 - 1 |
| 2 | IM | Schwarz Michael | 2409 | - | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2655 | 0 - 1 |
| 3 | IM | Schlosser Michael | 2367 | - | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2659 | 0 - 1 |
| 4 | FM | Kotz Heinz Peter | 2354 | - | GM | Nikolic Predrag | 2649 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | | Perhinig Robert | 2215 | - | GM | Fedorov Alexei | 2595 | 0 - 1 |
| 6 | | Poeltl Thomas | 2182 | - | GM | Palac Mladen | 2561 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 7 | Polonia Plus GSM Warszawa | Rtg | - | 29 | Hellir Chess Club | Rtg | 6 : 0 |
| 1 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2710 | - | GM | Gretarsson Helgi Ass | 2513 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Macieja Bartlomiej | 2627 | - | FM | Sigfusson Sigurdur | 2323 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | GM | Markowski Tomasz | 2610 | - | FM | Asmundsson Ingvar | 2321 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | GM | Krasenkow Michal | 2585 | - | FM | Bjornsson Sigurbjorn | 2302 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | GM | Kempinski Robert | 2565 | - | | Edvardsson Kristjan | 2253 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | GM | Socko Bartosz | 2551 | - | | Halldorsson Bragi | 2238 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 30 | Cercle Royal des Echecs de Liege | Rtg | - | 8 | St.Petersburg L.T.G. | Rtg | 0 : 6 |
| 1 | GM | Winants Luc | 2501 | - | GM | Sakaev Konstantin | 2655 | 0 - 1 |
| 2 | IM | Cekro Ekrem | 2441 | - | GM | Volkov Sergey | 2620 | 0 - 1 |
| 3 | FM | Gulbas Cemil | 2340 | - | GM | Korchnoi Viktor | 2628 | 0 - 1 |
| 4 | | Hautot Stephane | 2317 | - | IM | Smirnov Pavel | 2629 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | | Goossens Etienne | 2234 | - | GM | Lugovoi Aleksei | 2566 | 0 - 1 |
| 6 | | Dal Borgo Albin | 2198 | - | GM | Yemelin Vasily | 2550 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 9 | Corpora Martin | Rtg | - | 31 | Asker Schahhlubb | Rtg | 5½: ½ |
| 1 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2639 | - | FM | Carlsen Magnus | 2385 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2647 | - | IM | Ostenstad Berge | 2469 | ½ - ½ |
| 3 | GM | Navara David | 2608 | - | GM | Tisdall Jonathan | 2481 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | GM | Ftacnik Lubomir | 2598 | - | | Ekeberg Carl Fredrik | 2226 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | GM | Stohl Igor | 2556 | - | FM | Jansson Joran | 2256 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | GM | Timoscenko Gennadij | 2530 | - | | Hammerstad Asmund | 2180 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 32 | ESV Austria Graz | Rtg | - | 10 | Clichy Echecs 92 | Rtg | 0 : 6 |
| 1 | FM | Fahrner Kurt | 2369 | - | GM | Tregubov Pavel | 2635 | 0 - 1 |
| 2 | FM | Herndl Harald | 2334 | - | GM | Bauer Christian | 2589 | 0 - 1 |
| 3 | FM | Ebner Hubert | 2256 | - | GM | Relange Eloi | 2513 | 0 - 1 |
| 4 | | Loebler Heimo | 2216 | - | GM | Degraeve Jean-Marc | 2541 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | | Pfaffel Thomas | 2126 | - | GM | Conquest Stuart | 2560 | 0 - 1 |
| 6 | | Herndl Gerald | 2181 | - | GM | Apicella Manuel | 2522 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 11 | Tbilisi | Rtg | - | 33 | Kydon SC Blue Star Ferries | Rtg | 3½:2½ |
| 1 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2596 | - | GM | Nikolaidis Ioannis | 2478 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | GM | Kacheishvili Giorgi | 2603 | - | GM | Grivas Efstratios | 2492 | ½ - ½ |
| 3 | GM | Gagunashvili Merab | 2577 | - | IM | Souleidis Georgios | 2382 | 0 - 1 |
| 4 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2566 | - | | Kouvatsos Filippos | 2067 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | GM | Izoria Zviad | 2541 | - | | Sandalakis Angelos | 2138 | ½ - ½ |
| 6 | IM | Pantsulaia Levan | 2461 | - | | Stavrianakis Ioannis | 2035 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 34 | Joensuu Chess Club | Rtg | - | 12 | Beer-Sheva Chess Club | Rtg | ½ :5½ |
| 1 | IM | Kiik Kalle | 2433 | - | GM | Huzman Alexander | 2574 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | IM | Nyysti Sampsa | 2399 | - | IM | Roiz Michael | 2554 | 0 - 1 |
| 3 | | Nivala Tuomas | 2196 | - | GM | Avrukh Boris | 2557 | 0 - 1 |
| 4 | | Kosmo Santul | 2180 | - | GM | Greenfeld Alon | 2556 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | | Porrasmaa Timo | 2219 | - | GM | Golod Vitali | 2555 | 0 - 1 |
| 6 | | Saastamoinen Aarne | 2170 | - | IM | Vydeslaver Alik | 2449 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 13 | Chess Club Alkaloid Skopje | Rtg | - | 35 | OAA Heraklio Chess Club | Rtg | 6 : 0 |
| 1 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2703 | - | IM | Tzermiadianos Andreas | 2418 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Tkachiev Vladislav | 2654 | - | WGM | Paehtz Elisabeth | 2417 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | GM | Nedev Trajce | 2480 | - | IM | Mastrokoukos Georgios | 2363 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | IM | Stanojoski Zvonko | 2496 | - | | Logothetis Sotirios | 2255 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | GM | Bogdanovski Vlatko | 2449 | - | | Kounalakis Evryklis | 2158 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | IM | Stojanovski Dejan | 2440 | - | | Petsetidi Maria | 0 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 36 | SK Glasinac | Rtg | - | 14 | Zalaegerszeg-Hydrocomp | Rtg | ½ :5½ |
| 1 | IM | Jeremic Veljko | 2467 | - | GM | Portisch Lajos | 2586 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | IM | Scekic Milos | 2434 | - | GM | Sax Gyula | 2521 | 0 - 1 |
| 3 | FM | Benderac Srdjan | 2345 | - | GM | Horvath Jozsef | 2519 | 0 - 1 |
| 4 | | Batinic Predrag | 2191 | - | GM | Horvath Adam | 2503 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | | Plakalovic Predrag | 2168 | - | GM | Horvath Csaba | 2513 | 0 - 1 |
| 6 | | Kosoric Sasa | 0 | - | GM | Groszpeter Attila | 2502 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 15 | Werder Bremen | Rtg | - | 37 | C.E."de Sprenger" Echternach | Rtg | 5 : 1 |
| 1 | GM | McShane Luke | 2619 | - | IM | Boidman Yuri | 2407 | 0 - 1 |
| 2 | GM | Hracek Zbynek | 2584 | - | IM | Koerholz Ludger | 2336 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | GM | Babula Vlastimil | 2550 | - | | Brittner Serge | 2245 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | GM | Knaak Rainer | 2480 | - | | Trauth Michael | 2202 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | | Joachim Sven | 2438 | - | | Oberweis Paul | 2183 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | IM | Meins Gerlef | 2454 | - | | Corbin Paul | 0 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 38 | TED Sport Club Ankara | Rtg | - | 16 | GKSz Polfa Grodzisk Mazowiecki | Rtg | 2 : 4 |
| 1 | IM | Arduman Can | 2336 | - | GM | Acs Peter | 2606 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | IM | Yilmaz Turhan | 2314 | - | IM | Cyborowski Lukasz | 2550 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | FM | Ipek Ali | 2232 | - | GM | Miton Kamil | 2546 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | | Ulucan Teoman | 2103 | - | GM | Grabarczyk Miroslaw | 2508 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | | Solakoglu Ozgur | 2084 | - | | Heberla Bartlomiej | 2420 | 0 - 1 |
| 6 | | Akman Ozgur | 2013 | - | IM | Radziewicz Iweta | 2419 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 17 | Momot Chess Cl.Energomashspetstal | Rtg | - | 39 | SV "United Chocolates" Tschaturanga | Rtg | 5½: ½ |
| 1 | GM | Kuzmin Gennadi | 2516 | - | FM | Wukits Rene | 2288 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | GM | Efimenko Zahar | 2546 | - | | Schwaninger Wolfgang | 2207 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | GM | Areshchenko Alexander | 2542 | - | | Kreindl Helmut | 2201 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | WGM | Lahno Kateryna | 2439 | - | | Lenz Alarich | 2189 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | | Ivanov Oleg V | 2457 | - | | Zsifkovits Robert | 2118 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | | Kuzubov Yuriy | 2400 | - | | Petschar Hans | 2004 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 40 | Cardiff Chess Club | Rtg | - | 18 | Eynatten | Rtg | 1 : 5 |
| 1 | | Cobb Charles | 2393 | - | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2574 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | | Kett Tim | 2145 | - | GM | Goloshchapov Alexander | 2574 | 0 - 1 |
| 3 | | Spice Alan | 2181 | - | IM | Roeder Mathias | 2451 | 0 - 1 |
| 4 | | Trevelyan John | 2150 | - | IM | Welling Gerard | 2391 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | | Dawson Gary | 0 | - | IM | Sonntag Hans-Hubert | 2380 | 0 - 1 |
| 6 | | Davies Peter | 2042 | - | | Huizer Mark | 2188 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 19 | ASA "Shlomo Har-Zvi" Tel Aviv | Rtg | - | 41 | VCH Vitebsk | Rtg | 4½:1½ |
| 1 | IM | Zoler Dan | 2539 | - | | Teterev Vitaly | 2497 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | GM | Kantsler Boris | 2472 | - | | Lukashok Alexandr | 2390 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | | Bitansky Igor | 2378 | - | | Paramonov Dimitriy | 2354 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | GM | Finkel Alexander | 2458 | - | | Sarbai Aliaksandr | 0 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | IM | Stisis Yaacov | 2397 | - | | Kul Ivan | 0 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | | Ribshtein Nati | 2324 | - | | Lavryk Vladzimir | 0 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 42 | Klubi i shahut "Drita" Therande | Rtg | - | 20 | Schachfreunde Neukölln 03 | Rtg | 2½:3½ |
| 1 | FM | Fejzullahu Afrim | 2306 | - | IM | Polzin Rainer | 2464 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | | Bujupi Bajram | 2205 | - | IM | Berndt Stephan | 2462 | ½ - ½ |
| 3 | | Makoli Perparim | 2236 | - | IM | Borriss Martin | 2445 | 0 - 1 |
| 4 | | Hondozi Myrtez | 0 | - | IM | Poldauf Dirk | 2404 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | | Idrizaj Abedin | 2242 | - | IM | Thiede Lars | 2440 | ½ - ½ |
| 6 | | Bytyqi Ramadan | 0 | - | FM | Rudolf Henrik | 2316 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 21 | Vesnianka Minsk | Rtg | - | 43 | Nidum Liberals Chess Club | Rtg | 5½: ½ |
| 1 | GM | Azarov Sergei | 2530 | - | | Jones Richard S | 2269 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | IM | Zhigalko Andrey | 2466 | - | | Walsh Chris | 2170 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | | Zhigalko Sergei | 2399 | - | | Cast Abigail | 2104 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | IM | Tihonov Jurij | 2382 | - | | Saunders Rob | 2170 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | IM | Mochalov Evgeny | 2417 | - | | Sinnett Glyn | 0 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | | Ginzburg Mikhail | 2294 | - | | Cast Jason | 0 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 44 | Phibsboro Chess Club | Rtg | - | 22 | Barbican Chess Club | Rtg | ½ :5½ |
| 1 | FM | Brady Stephen | 2336 | - | GM | Parker Jonathan | 2541 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | | Fitzpatrick Brian | 2052 | - | IM | Kelly Brian | 2487 | 0 - 1 |
| 3 | | Llorens Ivan | 0 | - | IM | Palliser Richard | 2438 | 0 - 1 |
| 4 | | Hofstra Hotze | 0 | - | IM | Ferguson Mark | 2377 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | | Salter David | 0 | - | | Dishman Stephen | 2323 | 0 - 1 |
| 6 | | Mooney Anthony | 0 | - | FM | Cox John J | 2308 | 0 - 1 |