Round 7 top board pairings:
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 1 |  |
GM | VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime | 2718 | 5 | 4½ | GM | LI Chao B | 2617 | |
6 | |
| 2 | 5 | |
GM | RODSHTEIN Maxim | 2623 | 4½ | 5 | GM | ZHIGALKO Sergei | 2646 | |
3 | |
| 3 | 7 | |
GM | ITURRIZAGA Eduardo | 2605 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | ANDREIKIN Dmitry | 2659 | |
2 | |
| 4 | 15 | |
GM | BINDRICH Falko | 2516 | 4½ | 4½ | YU Yangyi | 2509 | |
20 | ||
| 5 | 8 | |
GM | POPOV Ivan | 2582 | 4 | 4½ | GM | OLSZEWSKI Michal | 2544 | |
10 | |
| 6 | 22 | |
GM | SWIERCZ Dariusz | 2492 | 4 | 4 | GM | HOWELL David W L | 2624 | |
4 | |
| 7 | 9 | |
GM | JUMABAYEV Rinat | 2548 | 4 | 4 | FM | CORI Jorge | 2445 | |
31 | |
| 8 | 11 | |
IM | LENDERMAN Alex | 2542 | 4 | 4 | IM | IBARRA CHAMI Luis Fernando | 2393 | |
37 | |
| 9 | 25 | |
IM | LALITH Babu M R | 2477 | 4 | 4 | GM | DIAMANT Andre | 2526 | |
14 | |
| 10 | 17 | |
GM | GRIGORYAN Avetik | 2515 | 4 | 4 | BLIT Jacques | 2350 | |
42 | ||
| 11 | 19 | |
IM | MARGVELASHVILI Giorgi | 2509 | 4 | 4 | IM | VOCATURO Daniele | 2510 | |
18 | |
| 12 | 33 | |
IM | PEREZ PONSA Federico | 2422 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | BRUNELLO Sabino | 2533 | |
12 | |
| 13 | 13 | |
IM | ROBSON Ray | 2527 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | POTAPOV Pavel | 2429 | |
32 | |
| 14 | 16 | |
GM | LEON HOYOS Manuel | 2516 | 3½ | 3½ | FM | BAJARANI Ulvi | 2392 | |
38 | |
| 15 | 23 | |
IM | ADHIBAN Baskaran | 2490 | 3½ | 3½ | FM | MAENHOUT Thibaut | 2303 | |
50 |
Full pairings here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr26636.aspx?lan=1
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