Standings after 7 rounds
| 1-5. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2826 | 4 |
| 1-5. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2802 | 4 |
| 1-5. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2763 | 4 |
| 1-5. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2775 | 4 |
| 1-5. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2730 | 4 |
| 6-7. | Anand, Vishy | g | IND | 2811 | 3½ |
| 6-7. | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2755 | 3½ |
| 8. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2800 | 3 |
| 9-10. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2758 | 2½ |
| 9-10. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2744 | 2½ |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nakamura can still win it. He can beat Carlsen in the final round.
If Nakamura can win it then I know Topalov can clinch it to win!
Hey, Naka – ist this you who is posting this, because nobody except you maybe – not even Gary believes this, winning a tournament with 50 percent, even if he wins his last 2 games, after all, he hasn`t won one yet!!