This is a very tough event. The margin difference between first and last is only 1.5 pt after 7 rounds! That means that just about anyone can still technically win.
Standings after 7 rounds
| 1. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2835 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | . | 4 | 2833 |
| 2. | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2769 | ½ | * | ½ | . | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | . | 0 | 4 | 2834 |
| 3. | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2784 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2818 |
| 4. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2801 | ½ | . | ½ | * | . | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2824 |
| 5. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2770 | ½ | 0 | ½ | . | * | ½ | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2816 |
| 6. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2775 | ½ | 1 | . | ½ | ½ | * | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | 3½ | 2777 |
| 7. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2761 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | . | * | ½ | 1 | . | 3 | 2734 |
| 8. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2825 | ½ | 0 | . | ½ | . | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 3 | 2719 |
| 9. | McShane, Luke J | g | ENG | 2706 | . | . | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 3 | 2729 |
| 10. | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2738 | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | * | 2½ | 2673 |
Crosstable by TWIC
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Interesting that of those 5 players on equal points ‘Top Place’ is given to the player who has won the least number of games, sad for competitive chess….. come on Morozevich!