| Round 3 on 2003/09/30 at 14.00 |
| Bo. | 1 | NAO Chess Club | Rtg | - | 21 | Vesnianka Minsk | Rtg | 5 : 1 |
| 1 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2732 | - | GM | Azarov Sergei | 2530 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2723 | - | IM | Zhigalko Andrey | 2466 | ½ - ½ |
| 3 | GM | Adams Michael | 2719 | - | | Zhigalko Sergei | 2399 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | GM | Lautier Joel | 2677 | - | IM | Tihonov Jurij | 2382 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2645 | - | IM | Mochalov Evgeny | 2417 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2640 | - | | Ginzburg Mikhail | 2294 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 3 | Ladya Kazan | Rtg | - | 11 | Tbilisi | Rtg | 4½:1½ |
| 1 | GM | Kasparov Garry | 2830 | - | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2596 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Bologan Viktor | 2650 | - | GM | Kacheishvili Giorgi | 2603 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | GM | Rublevsky Sergei | 2672 | - | GM | Gagunashvili Merab | 2577 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | GM | Smirin Ilia | 2656 | - | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2566 | ½ - ½ |
| 5 | GM | Kharlov Andrei | 2591 | - | GM | Izoria Zviad | 2541 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | IM | Timofeev Artyom | 2575 | - | IM | Pantsulaia Levan | 2461 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 5 | Tomsk-400-Yukos | Rtg | - | 4 | Norilsk Nikel | Rtg | 3 : 3 |
| 1 | GM | Khalifman Alexander | 2678 | - | GM | Dolmatov Sergey | 2605 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Morozevich Alexander | 2679 | - | GM | Dreev Alexey | 2698 | ½ - ½ |
| 3 | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | 2656 | - | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | 2696 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | GM | Belozerov Andrei | 2541 | - | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2657 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | GM | Filippov Valerij | 2630 | - | GM | Zvjaginsev Vadim | 2653 | ½ - ½ |
| 6 | GM | Landa Konstantin | 2614 | - | GM | Najer Evgeniy | 2608 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 7 | Polonia Plus GSM Warszawa | Rtg | - | 10 | Clichy Echecs 92 | Rtg | 5½: ½ |
| 1 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2710 | - | GM | Van Wely Loek | 2661 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Gelfand Boris | 2695 | - | GM | Tregubov Pavel | 2635 | ½ - ½ |
| 3 | GM | Macieja Bartlomiej | 2627 | - | GM | Bauer Christian | 2589 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | GM | Markowski Tomasz | 2610 | - | GM | Degraeve Jean-Marc | 2541 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | GM | Krasenkow Michal | 2585 | - | GM | Conquest Stuart | 2560 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | GM | Kempinski Robert | 2565 | - | GM | Apicella Manuel | 2522 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 17 | Momot Chess Cl.Energomashspetstal | Rtg | - | 12 | Beer-Sheva Chess Club | Rtg | 3 : 3 |
| 1 | GM | Kuzmin Gennadi | 2516 | - | GM | Huzman Alexander | 2574 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | GM | Efimenko Zahar | 2546 | - | IM | Roiz Michael | 2554 | ½ - ½ |
| 3 | GM | Areshchenko Alexander | 2542 | - | GM | Avrukh Boris | 2557 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | WGM | Lahno Kateryna | 2439 | - | GM | Greenfeld Alon | 2556 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | | Ivanov Oleg V | 2457 | - | GM | Golod Vitali | 2555 | ½ - ½ |
| 6 | | Kuzubov Yuriy | 2400 | - | IM | Vydeslaver Alik | 2449 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 18 | Eynatten | Rtg | - | 8 | St.Petersburg L.T.G. | Rtg | 2½:3½ |
| 1 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2574 | - | GM | Sakaev Konstantin | 2655 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Goloshchapov Alexander | 2574 | - | GM | Volkov Sergey | 2620 | 0 - 1 |
| 3 | IM | Roeder Mathias | 2451 | - | IM | Smirnov Pavel | 2629 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | GM | Paehtz Thomas | 2441 | - | GM | Lugovoi Aleksei | 2566 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | IM | Schulz Klaus-Juergen | 2380 | - | GM | Ivanov Sergey | 2556 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | IM | Sonntag Hans-Hubert | 2380 | - | GM | Yemelin Vasily | 2550 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 13 | Chess Club Alkaloid Skopje | Rtg | - | 45 | R.V.H. Chess Club Belfast | Rtg | 6 : 0 |
| 1 | GM | Tkachiev Vladislav | 2654 | - | | Clarke Thomas | 2128 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Nedev Trajce | 2480 | - | | Scannell Steven | 2155 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | IM | Stanojoski Zvonko | 2496 | - | | Annesley Gareth | 0 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | GM | Jacimovic Dragoljub | 2446 | - | | Moreland Desmond | 0 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | GM | Bogdanovski Vlatko | 2449 | - | | Masterson John | 0 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | IM | Stojanovski Dejan | 2440 | - | | Mallaghan Daniel | 0 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 2 | Bosna Sarajevo | Rtg | - | 20 | Schachfreunde Neukölln 03 | Rtg | 4 : 2 |
| 1 | GM | Bareev Evgeny | 2721 | - | IM | Polzin Rainer | 2464 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2732 | - | IM | Berndt Stephan | 2462 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | 2693 | - | IM | Borriss Martin | 2445 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | GM | Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2664 | - | IM | Poldauf Dirk | 2404 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | GM | Georgiev Kiril | 2637 | - | IM | Thiede Lars | 2440 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | GM | Kurajica Bojan | 2558 | - | FM | Rudolf Henrik | 2316 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 6 | Kiseljak | Rtg | - | 44 | Phibsboro Chess Club | Rtg | 6 : 0 |
| 1 | GM | Azmaiparashvili Zurab | 2702 | - | FM | Brady Stephen | 2336 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2655 | - | | Fitzpatrick Brian | 2052 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2659 | - | | Llorens Ivan | 0 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | GM | Nikolic Predrag | 2649 | - | | O"Donovan Richard | 2162 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | 2595 | - | | Butler Kevin | 0 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | GM | Palac Mladen | 2561 | - | | Hofstra Hotze | 0 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 9 | Corpora Martin | Rtg | - | 30 | Cercle Royal des Echecs de Liege | Rtg | 5 : 1 |
| 1 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2639 | - | GM | Winants Luc | 2501 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2647 | - | IM | Cekro Ekrem | 2441 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | GM | Navara David | 2608 | - | FM | Gulbas Cemil | 2340 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | GM | Ftacnik Lubomir | 2598 | - | | Hautot Stephane | 2317 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | GM | Stohl Igor | 2556 | - | | Goossens Etienne | 2234 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | GM | Timoscenko Gennadij | 2530 | - | | Dal Borgo Albin | 2198 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 39 | SV "United Chocolates" Tschaturanga | Rtg | - | 14 | Zalaegerszeg-Hydrocomp | Rtg | ½ :5½ |
| 1 | FM | Wukits Rene | 2288 | - | GM | Portisch Lajos | 2586 | 0 - 1 |
| 2 | | Schwaninger Wolfgang | 2207 | - | GM | Sax Gyula | 2521 | 0 - 1 |
| 3 | | Kreindl Helmut | 2201 | - | GM | Horvath Jozsef | 2519 | 0 - 1 |
| 4 | | Lenz Alarich | 2189 | - | GM | Horvath Adam | 2503 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | | Zsifkovits Robert | 2118 | - | GM | Horvath Csaba | 2513 | ½ - ½ |
| 6 | | Petschar Hans | 2004 | - | GM | Groszpeter Attila | 2502 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 31 | Asker Schahhlubb | Rtg | - | 15 | Werder Bremen | Rtg | 2 : 4 |
| 1 | FM | Carlsen Magnus | 2385 | - | GM | McShane Luke | 2619 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | IM | Ostenstad Berge | 2469 | - | GM | Hracek Zbynek | 2584 | ½ - ½ |
| 3 | GM | Tisdall Jonathan | 2481 | - | GM | Babula Vlastimil | 2550 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | | Ekeberg Carl Fredrik | 2226 | - | | Joachim Sven | 2438 | ½ - ½ |
| 5 | FM | Jansson Joran | 2256 | - | IM | Meins Gerlef | 2454 | 0 - 1 |
| 6 | | Hammerstad Asmund | 2180 | - | | Heissler Jakob | 2449 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 28 | Sparkasse Gleisdorf | Rtg | - | 16 | GKSz Polfa Grodzisk Mazowiecki | Rtg | 2 : 4 |
| 1 | GM | Mueller Karsten | 2521 | - | GM | Acs Peter | 2606 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | IM | Schwarz Michael | 2409 | - | GM | Miton Kamil | 2546 | 0 - 1 |
| 3 | IM | Schlosser Michael | 2367 | - | GM | Grabarczyk Miroslaw | 2508 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | FM | Kotz Heinz Peter | 2354 | - | | Heberla Bartlomiej | 2420 | ½ - ½ |
| 5 | | Perhinig Robert | 2215 | - | IM | Radziewicz Iweta | 2419 | 0 - 1 |
| 6 | | Brand Thomas | 2053 | - | | Nurkiewicz Maciej | 2363 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 19 | ASA "Shlomo Har-Zvi" Tel Aviv | Rtg | - | 27 | Jyväs-Shakki Jyväskylä | Rtg | 3 : 3 |
| 1 | IM | Zoler Dan | 2539 | - | GM | Solozhenkin Evgeniy | 2523 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | GM | Kantsler Boris | 2472 | - | IM | Karttunen Mika | 2381 | 0 - 1 |
| 3 | | Bitansky Igor | 2378 | - | IM | Salmensuu Olli | 2410 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | GM | Finkel Alexander | 2458 | - | FM | Nevanlinna Risto | 2357 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | IM | Stisis Yaacov | 2397 | - | | Laihonen Petteri | 2260 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | FM | Stepak Yedael | 2268 | - | | Hamalainen Sami | 2189 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 22 | Barbican Chess Club | Rtg | - | 26 | Skolernes Skakklub Aarhus | Rtg | 4 : 2 |
| 1 | GM | Parker Jonathan | 2541 | - | IM | Rasmussen Karsten | 2437 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | IM | Kelly Brian | 2487 | - | IM | Christensen Tobias | 2371 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | IM | Palliser Richard | 2438 | - | FM | Boe Mads | 2366 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | IM | Ferguson Mark | 2377 | - | IM | Jelling Erik | 2400 | ½ - ½ |
| 5 | | Dishman Stephen | 2323 | - | | Ochsner Thomas | 2362 | ½ - ½ |
| 6 | FM | Cox John J | 2308 | - | | Pedersen Finn | 2282 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 24 | Limhamns SK | Rtg | - | 23 | TZ Trinec Chess Club | Rtg | 3 : 3 |
| 1 | IM | Hellsten Johan | 2511 | - | GM | Cicak Slavko | 2530 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | GM | Brynell Stellan | 2511 | - | IM | Rasik Vitezslav | 2466 | 0 - 1 |
| 3 | IM | Ahlander Bjorn | 2393 | - | IM | Langner Ladislav | 2403 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | | Eriksson Magnus | 2322 | - | IM | Nedela Vlastimil | 2381 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | | Schneider Stefan | 2319 | - | IM | Sikora-Lerch Jan | 2324 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | | Carlsson Daniel | 2301 | - | FM | Walek Milan | 2332 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 37 | C.E."de Sprenger" Echternach | Rtg | - | 33 | Kydon SC Blue Star Ferries | Rtg | 2 : 4 |
| 1 | IM | Boidman Yuri | 2407 | - | GM | Nikolaidis Ioannis | 2478 | 0 - 1 |
| 2 | IM | Koerholz Ludger | 2336 | - | GM | Grivas Efstratios | 2492 | 0 - 1 |
| 3 | | Brittner Serge | 2245 | - | IM | Souleidis Georgios | 2382 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | | Trauth Michael | 2202 | - | | Kouvatsos Filippos | 2067 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | | Oberweis Paul | 2183 | - | | Sandalakis Angelos | 2138 | ½ - ½ |
| 6 | | Welz Raymond | 0 | - | | Stavrianakis Ioannis | 2035 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 25 | Rochade Eupen | Rtg | - | 38 | TED Sport Club Ankara | Rtg | 4½:1½ |
| 1 | GM | Chuchelov Vladimir | 2608 | - | IM | Arduman Can | 2336 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | GM | Glek Igor | 2566 | - | IM | Yilmaz Turhan | 2314 | ½ - ½ |
| 3 | FM | Marechal Andy | 2256 | - | FM | Ipek Ali | 2232 | 0 - 1 |
| 4 | FM | Meessen Rudolf | 2279 | - | | Ulucan Teoman | 2103 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | | Huesmann Thomas | 2282 | - | | Solakoglu Ozgur | 2084 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | | Plumanns Dieter | 2220 | - | | Akman Ozgur | 2013 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 35 | OAA Heraklio Chess Club | Rtg | - | 29 | Hellir Chess Club | Rtg | 1½:4½ |
| 1 | IM | Tzermiadianos Andreas | 2418 | - | GM | Gretarsson Helgi Ass | 2513 | 0 - 1 |
| 2 | WGM | Paehtz Elisabeth | 2417 | - | FM | Sigfusson Sigurdur | 2323 | ½ - ½ |
| 3 | IM | Mastrokoukos Georgios | 2363 | - | FM | Asmundsson Ingvar | 2321 | ½ - ½ |
| 4 | | Logothetis Sotirios | 2255 | - | FM | Bjornsson Sigurbjorn | 2302 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | | Kounalakis Evryklis | 2158 | - | | Edvardsson Kristjan | 2253 | ½ - ½ |
| 6 | | Petsetidi Maria | 0 | - | | Halldorsson Bragi | 2238 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 40 | Cardiff Chess Club | Rtg | - | 32 | ESV Austria Graz | Rtg | 2 : 4 |
| 1 | | Cobb Charles | 2393 | - | FM | Fahrner Kurt | 2369 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | | Kett Tim | 2145 | - | FM | Herndl Harald | 2334 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | | Spice Alan | 2181 | - | FM | Ebner Hubert | 2256 | 0 - 1 |
| 4 | | Trevelyan John | 2150 | - | | Loebler Heimo | 2216 | ½ - ½ |
| 5 | | Dawson Gary | 0 | - | | Pfaffel Thomas | 2126 | 0 - 1 |
| 6 | | Davies Peter | 2042 | - | | Herndl Gerald | 2181 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 41 | VCH Vitebsk | Rtg | - | 34 | Joensuu Chess Club | Rtg | 4½:1½ |
| 1 | | Teterev Vitaly | 2497 | - | IM | Kiik Kalle | 2433 | ½ - ½ |
| 2 | | Lukashok Alexandr | 2390 | - | IM | Nyysti Sampsa | 2399 | 1 - 0 |
| 3 | | Paramonov Dimitriy | 2354 | - | | Nivala Tuomas | 2196 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | | Sarbai Aliaksandr | 0 | - | | Kosmo Santul | 2180 | 1 - 0 |
| 5 | | Kul Ivan | 0 | - | | Porrasmaa Timo | 2219 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | | Lavryk Vladzimir | 0 | - | | Saastamoinen Aarne | 2170 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 36 | SK Glasinac | Rtg | - | 42 | Klubi i shahut "Drita" Therande | Rtg | 3½:2½ |
| 1 | IM | Jeremic Veljko | 2467 | - | FM | Fejzullahu Afrim | 2306 | 1 - 0 |
| 2 | IM | Scekic Milos | 2434 | - | | Bujupi Bajram | 2205 | ½ - ½ |
| 3 | FM | Benderac Srdjan | 2345 | - | | Hondozi Myrtez | 0 | 1 - 0 |
| 4 | | Batinic Predrag | 2191 | - | | Idrizaj Abedin | 2242 | 0 - 1 |
| 5 | | Plakalovic Predrag | 2168 | - | | Bytyqi Ramadan | 0 | 1 - 0 |
| 6 | | Kosoric Sasa | 0 | - | | Jupaj Ilirjan | 0 | 0 - 1 |