Round 7 results:
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | – Leko, Peter | 1-0 |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | – Le Quang Liem |
½-½ |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | – Ponomariov, Ruslan | ½-½ |
Standings after 7 rounds:
| 1. | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2734 | 4½ |
| 2-3. | Le Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2681 | 4 |
| 2-3. | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2761 | 4 |
| 4. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2790 | 3½ |
| 5. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2684 | 3 |
| 6. | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2734 | 2 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
What’s wrong with Leko? He’s getting killed.
Pono is the masked pawn! Proof!