Many observers were interested in the form of the highest-rated participant Alexander Morozevich who hasn't been doing that well of late. Apparently he has become somewhat disillusioned with the life of a professional player.
He started out however with a promising 0.5,1,1,0.5 (3/4) but then a loss to the eventual winner Wojtaszek led to a poor finish 0,0.5,0.5,0,0 (1/5).
Laurent Fressinet (the second seed) took advantage to beat the Russian and make it to 6.5/9.
| Seed | Name | Rating | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Score |
| 1 | Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2663 | POL | X | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 6.5 |
| 2 | Laurent Fressinet | 2697 | FRA | = | X | = | = | 1 | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 |
| 3 | Sergey Fedorchuk | 2665 | UKR | = | = | X | = | = | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 5.5 |
| 4 | Vadim Zvjaginsev | 2656 | RUS | = | = | = | X | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 5.5 |
| 5 | Eduardo Iturrizaga | 2614 | VEN | = | 0 | = | = | X | = | = | = | 1 | = | 4.5 |
| 6 | Julio Granda Zuniga | 2639 | PER | 0 | = | = | = | = | X | = | = | = | 1 | 4.5 |
| 7 | Igor Kurnosov | 2662 | RUS | 0 | = | = | = | = | = | X | = | = | 1 | 4.5 |
| 8 | Alexander Morozevich | 2715 | RUS | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | = | = | = | X | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | J-Manuel Lopez Martinez | 2543 | ESP | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | X | = | 2 |
| 10 | Roi Reinaldo Castineira | 2511 | ESP | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | X | 1.5 |
Can Morozevich get back his motivation after this?
The Polish GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek is still only 23, but has already achieved some high-level results over the past few years. His most notable result however was at a junior level as he was World under eighteen champion in 2004.
Fressinet has been making steady progress over the last few years and could be the third French player with a 2700+ rating on the next list (Etienne Bacrot and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave are already there noting that former French number one Joel Lautier is essentially retired).
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