Leaders after 7 (of 9) rounds:
Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Bdld | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | w | we | w-we | |
1 | GM | Iordachescu Viorel | MDA | 2621 | 6,0 | 15061 | 0,0 | 32,5 | 6 | 4,80 | 1,20 | |
2 | GM | Sanikidze Tornike | GEO | 2566 | 6,0 | 14766 | 0,0 | 30,0 | 6 | 4,65 | 1,35 | |
3 | GM | Negi Parimarjan | IND | 2634 | 5,5 | 15228 | 0,0 | 34,0 | 5,5 | 4,67 | 0,83 | |
4 | GM | Baklan Vladimir | UKR | 2644 | 5,5 | 15145 | 0,0 | 31,0 | 5,5 | 4,88 | 0,62 | |
5 | GM | Iturrizaga Eduardo | VEN | 2604 | 5,5 | 15025 | 0,0 | 32,0 | 5,5 | 4,70 | 0,80 | |
6 | GM | Ghaem Maghami Ehsan | IRI | 2575 | 5,5 | 14825 | 0,0 | 28,5 | 5,5 | 4,59 | 0,91 | |
7 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2606 | 5,5 | 14771 | 0,0 | 32,5 | 5,5 | 5,00 | 0,50 | |
8 | GM | Gagunashvili Merab | GEO | 2582 | 5,5 | 14667 | 0,0 | 30,0 | 5,5 | 4,96 | 0,54 | |
9 | GM | Volkov Sergey | RUS | 2612 | 5,5 | 14333 | 0,0 | 29,5 | 5,5 | 5,37 | 0,13 | |
10 | GM | Kotanjian Tigran | ARM | 2522 | 5,0 | 15252 | 0,0 | 32,0 | 5 | 3,71 | 1,29 | |
11 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | BLR | 2601 | 5,0 | 15049 | 0,0 | 32,0 | 5 | 4,65 | 0,35 | |
12 | GM | Ibrahimov Rasul | AZE | 2538 | 5,0 | 14971 | 0,0 | 31,0 | 5 | 4,18 | 0,82 | |
13 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | ARM | 2675 | 5,0 | 14883 | 0,0 | 31,5 | 5 | 5,27 | -0,27 | |
14 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 2609 | 5,0 | 14802 | 0,0 | 32,0 | 5 | 5,00 | 0,00 | |
15 | GM | Shanava Konstantine | GEO | 2544 | 5,0 | 14702 | 0,0 | 33,0 | 4 | 3,64 | 0,36 | |
16 | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | ARM | 2582 | 5,0 | 14669 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 5 | 4,97 | 0,03 | |
17 | GM | Arutinian David | GEO | 2576 | 5,0 | 14627 | 0,0 | 29,0 | 5 | 4,97 | 0,03 | |
18 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2560 | 5,0 | 14540 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 5 | 4,96 | 0,04 | |
19 | GM | Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis | ESP | 2531 | 5,0 | 14522 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 5 | 4,74 | 0,26 | |
20 | IM | Lalith Babu M R | IND | 2493 | 5,0 | 14511 | 0,0 | 31,0 | 5 | 4,42 | 0,58 | |
21 | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | GEO | 2588 | 5,0 | 14446 | 0,0 | 29,5 | 5 | 5,27 | -0,27 | |
22 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | 2479 | 5,0 | 14332 | 0,0 | 27,5 | 5 | 4,59 | 0,41 | |
23 | GM | Malakhatko Vadim | BEL | 2548 | 5,0 | 14288 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 5 | 5,15 | -0,15 | |
24 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | BLR | 2618 | 5,0 | 14240 | 0,0 | 30,5 | 5 | 5,65 | -0,65 | |
25 | GM | Balogh Csaba | HUN | 2622 | 5,0 | 14104 | 0,0 | 27,5 | 5 | 5,76 | -0,76 | |
26 | Ramnath Bhuvanesh R | IND | 2360 | 5,0 | 13565 | 0,0 | 24,5 | 5 | 4,61 | 0,39 |
Full standings: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr32429.aspx
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