Leaders after round 7:
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | ||||
| 1 | GM | Anastasian Ashot | ARM | 2566 | 6,0 | |||
| 2 | GM | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | RUS | 2559 | 6,0 | |||
| 3 | GM | Amin Bassem | EGY | 2551 | 6,0 | |||
| 4 | GM | Andriasian Zaven | ARM | 2585 | 5,5 | |||
| 5 | IM | Laxman R R | IND | 2501 | 5,5 | |||
| 6 | GM | Ovetchkin Roman | RUS | 2548 | 5,5 | |||
| 7 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | BLR | 2616 | 5,5 | |||
| 8 | GM | Drozdovskij Yuri | UKR | 2620 | 5,5 | |||
| 9 | Antonio Viani D’Cunha | IND | 2107 | 5,0 | ||||
| 10 | GM | Simonian Hrair | ARM | 2520 | 5,0 | |||
| 11 | GM | Bocharov Dmitry | RUS | 2613 | 5,0 | |||
| 12 | GM | Kengis Edvins | LAT | 2543 | 5,0 | |||
| 13 | GM | Savchenko Stanislav | UKR | 2526 | 5,0 | |||
| 14 | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | ARM | 2530 | 5,0 | |||
| 15 | GM | Filippov Anton | UZB | 2583 | 5,0 | |||
| 16 | GM | Ghaem Maghami Ehsan | IRI | 2589 | 5,0 | |||
| 17 | GM | Salem A R Saleh | UAE | 2469 | 5,0 | |||
| 18 | WGM | Zdebskaja Natalia | UKR | 2412 | 5,0 | |||
| 19 | CM | Sanal Vahap | TUR | 1976 | 5,0 | |||
| 20 | GM | El Gindy Essam | EGY | 2501 | 5,0 | |||
| 21 | IM | Adu Oladapo | NGR | 2276 | 5,0 | |||
| 22 | WGM | Pourkashiyan Atousa | IRI | 2304 | 5,0 | |||
| 23 | WGM | Galojan Lilit | ARM | 2338 | 5,0 | |||
| 24 | IM | El Arousy Abdul Hameed | EGY | 2295 | 5,0 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
A 2100 with 5 points? Amazing!
Hah! Men in dresses! I love those sand gits!