Here are the results from the top twenty boards.
| Board | Seed | Title/Name | Country | Rating | Points | - | Seed | Title/Name | Country | Rating | Points |
| 1 | 26 | GM Moiseenko Alexander | UKR | 2673 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 87 | GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian | ROU | 2598 | 3 |
| 2 | 97 | GM Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 2584 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 27 | GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | ROU | 2673 | 3 |
| 3 | 105 | GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel | ARM | 2575 | 3 | 0-1 | 43 | GM Potkin Vladimir | RUS | 2653 | 3 |
| 4 | 107 | GM Zhigalko Andrey | BLR | 2571 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 59 | GM Iordachescu Viorel | MDA | 2626 | 3 |
| 5 | 113 | GM Kovchan Alexander | UKR | 2563 | 3 | 0-1 | 71 | GM Savchenko Boris | RUS | 2616 | 3 |
| 6 | 151 | GM Vaisser Anatoly | FRA | 2522 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 73 | GM Ragger Markus | AUT | 2614 | 3 |
| 7 | 72 | GM Azarov Sergei | BLR | 2615 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 7 | GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw | POL | 2711 | 2½ |
| 8 | 75 | GM Stevic Hrvoje | CRO | 2611 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 9 | GM Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2707 | 2½ |
| 9 | 12 | GM Sutovsky Emil | ISR | 2692 | 2½ | 1-0 | 77 | GM Grigoryan Avetik | ARM | 2608 | 2½ |
| 10 | 14 | GM Polgar Judit | HUN | 2686 | 2½ | 1-0 | 85 | GM Edouard Romain | FRA | 2600 | 2½ |
| 11 | 82 | GM Balogh Csaba | HUN | 2601 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 15 | GM Naiditsch Arkadij | GER | 2684 | 2½ |
| 12 | 18 | GM Riazantsev Alexander | RUS | 2679 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 89 | GM Nikolic Predrag | BIH | 2596 | 2½ |
| 13 | 84 | GM Reinderman Dimitri | NED | 2601 | 2½ | 1-0 | 19 | GM Rublevsky Sergei | RUS | 2678 | 2½ |
| 14 | 20 | GM Motylev Alexander | RUS | 2677 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 91 | GM Melkumyan Hrant | ARM | 2593 | 2½ |
| 15 | 92 | GM Pelletier Yannick | SUI | 2593 | 2½ | 0-1 | 21 | GM Volokitin Andrei | UKR | 2677 | 2½ |
| 16 | 24 | GM Grachev Boris | RUS | 2675 | 2½ | 1-0 | 95 | GM Palac Mladen | CRO | 2586 | 2½ |
| 17 | 98 | GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | GRE | 2584 | 2½ | 1-0 | 25 | GM Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2674 | 2½ |
| 18 | 28 | GM Kobalia Mikhail | RUS | 2672 | 2½ | 1-0 | 99 | GM Mikhalevski Victor | ISR | 2584 | 2½ |
| 19 | 100 | GM Kotronias Vasilios | GRE | 2583 | 2½ | 1-0 | 29 | GM Bologan Viktor | MDA | 2671 | 2½ |
| 20 | 36 | GM Khismatullin Denis | RUS | 2662 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 109 | GM Kozul Zdenko | CRO | 2568 | 2½ |
Some notable players present in Aix-les-Bains:
Ian Nepomniachtchi is one of several previous winners present. Baadur Jobava has finished in the top three in the two previous events.
| Year | Player | Country |
| 2000 | Pavel Tregubov | RUS (FRA) |
| 2001 | Emil Sutovsky | ISR |
| 2002 | Bartolomej Macieja | POL |
| 2003 | Zurab Azmaiparashvili | GEO |
| 2004 | Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR |
| 2005 | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | ROM |
| 2006 | Zdenko Kozul | HRV |
| 2007 | Vladislav Tkachiev | KAZ (FRA) |
| 2008 | Sergei Tiviakov | RUS (NED) |
| 2009 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | RUS |
| 2010 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | RUS |
Here are some rules, one of the most controversial being 'Zero Tolerance' for later-comers. One just has to be at the board at the beginning of the round!
The championship is an 11-round Swiss and the rate of play: 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.
The Prizes:
The first 25 share 113,700 € and there will be 15 special prizes totaling 6 300 € for the best 'performance minus rating' achievements.
| 1 | 20 000 € |
| 2 | 15 000 € |
| 3 | 11 000 € |
| 4 | 8 000 € |
| 5 | 7 000 € |
| 6 | 6 000 € |
| 7 | 5 500 € |
| 8 | 5 000 € |
| 9 | 4 500 € |
| 10 | 4 000 € |
down to 25th (1000 Euros).
The top 'special' prize will be 1 000 €.
Rounds 1 to 7 start 3 pm (local time).
Tuesday the 29th is the rest day.
Then rounds 8 to 11, again at 3pm.
For more information go to:Official site
