Some of the top seeds such as Short, Ni Huam Guseinov, Tkachiev are way back with only 4 or 4.5 points.
Leaders after 7 rounds:
Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
1 | GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2602 | 6,0 | 30,0 | 27,0 | 23,5 | |
2 | GM | Sandipan Chanda | IND | 2611 | 5,5 | 33,0 | 30,0 | 26,0 | |
3 | GM | Laznicka Viktor | CZE | 2634 | 5,5 | 26,5 | 24,5 | 22,0 | |
4 | GM | Filippov Anton | UZB | 2595 | 5,5 | 22,5 | 21,0 | 18,5 | |
5 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2587 | 5,0 | 30,0 | 27,0 | 23,0 | |
6 | GM | Khusnutdinov Rustam | KAZ | 2506 | 5,0 | 30,0 | 26,5 | 23,0 | |
7 | IM | Adhiban B | IND | 2490 | 5,0 | 29,0 | 26,5 | 23,0 | |
8 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | GEO | 2613 | 5,0 | 28,5 | 26,0 | 22,5 | |
9 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2721 | 5,0 | 28,5 | 25,5 | 22,0 | |
10 | IM | Laxman R R | IND | 2486 | 5,0 | 28,0 | 26,0 | 22,5 | |
11 | IM | Satyapragyan Swayangsu | IND | 2439 | 5,0 | 28,0 | 25,0 | 21,5 | |
12 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | AZE | 2626 | 5,0 | 28,0 | 24,5 | 20,5 | |
13 | GM | Negi Parimarjan | IND | 2615 | 5,0 | 26,5 | 24,0 | 21,0 | |
14 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | BLR | 2639 | 5,0 | 26,0 | 24,0 | 21,0 | |
15 | GM | Markos Jan | SVK | 2565 | 5,0 | 26,0 | 23,0 | 20,0 | |
16 | GM | Postny Evgeny | ISR | 2651 | 5,0 | 24,5 | 22,0 | 19,5 |
Full results here: http://chess-results.com/tnr24974.aspx?lan=1
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