Hollandis Wijk aan Zees toimub väga tugev turniir, kus osalevad Vladimir Kramnik (2777 RUS), Viswanathan Anand (2766 IND), Peter Svidler (2747 RUS), Alexei Shirov (2736 ESP), Veselin Topalov (2735 BUL), Peter Leko (2722 HUN), Michael Adams (2720 ENG), Evgeny Bareev (2714 RUS), Ivan Sokolov (2706 NED), Vladimir Akopian (2693 ARM), Viorel Bologan (2679 MDA), Zhang Zhong (2644 CHN), Loek Van Wely (2617 NED), Jan Timman (2578 NED)
1. Anand 8.5p, 2.-3. Leko, Adams 8p, 4.-5. Topalov, Bologan 7.5p, 6.-8. Kramnik, Van Wely, Bareev 6.5p, 9.-11. Svidler, Akopian, Shirov 6p, 12.-13. Sokolov, Zhang Zhong 5p, 14. Timman 4p