Games are played daily from Saturday, March 17th to Wednesday, March 28th, except for one rest day on Friday, March 23rd. All rounds start at 15:00 local time in Batumi (12:00 CET / 13:00 CEST from March 25th — note the time change due to Summer time!), except for the last round which starts at 11:00 local time (9:00 CEST).
The first prize is 20,000 euros, from a total prize fund of €100,000 but at least as important are the 23 qualification spots to the 2019 World Cup, to be held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | ||
| 1 |
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GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2738 | 7,5 | 0,0 |
| 2 |
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GM | Navara David | 2737 | 7,5 | 0,0 |
| 3 |
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GM | Sjugirov Sanan | 2652 | 7,5 | 0,0 |
| 4 |
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GM | Jones Gawain C B | 2651 | 7,5 | 0,0 |
| 5 |
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GM | Saric Ivan | 2657 | 7,5 | 0,0 |
| 6 |
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GM | Korobov Anton | 2664 | 7,5 | 0,0 |
| 7 |
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GM | Matlakov Maxim | 2707 | 7,5 | 0,0 |
| 8 |
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GM | McShane Luke J | 2647 | 7,5 | 0,0 |
| 9 |
|
GM | Nabaty Tamir | 2690 | 7,0 | 0,0 |
| 10 |
|
GM | Demchenko Anton | 2672 | 7,0 | 0,0 |
| 11 |
|
GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2693 | 7,0 | 0,0 |
| 12 |
|
GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | 2601 | 7,0 | 0,0 |
| 13 |
|
IM | Santos Ruiz Miguel | 2488 | 7,0 | 0,0 |
| 14 |
|
GM | Sarana Alexey | 2577 | 7,0 | 0,0 |
| 15 |
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GM | Melkumyan Hrant | 2664 | 7,0 | 0,0 |
| 16 |
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GM | Pashikian Arman | 2585 | 7,0 | 0,0 |
| 17 |
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GM | Bok Benjamin | 2622 | 7,0 | 0,0 |
| 18 |
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GM | Safarli Eltaj | 2639 | 7,0 | 0,0 |
| 19 |
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GM | Guseinov Gadir | 2646 | 7,0 | 0,0 |
| 20 |
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GM | Anton Guijarro David | 2647 | 7,0 | 0,0 |
| 21 |
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GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | 2642 | 7,0 | 0,0 |
| 22 |
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GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2713 | 7,0 | 0,0 |
| 23 |
|
IM | Ferreira Jorge Viterbo | 2492 | 7,0 | 0,0 |
| 24 |
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GM | Fridman Daniel | 2637 | 7,0 | 0,0 |
| 25 |
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GM | Najer Evgeniy | 2683 | 6,5 | 0,0 |
