After 7 rounds, GM Adly of Egypt is the surprised leader of the World Junior Championship. Half point behind is GM Laznicka of the Czech Republic, followed by 9 with 1 point back.

1 GM Adly Ahmed 2494 EGY 6.0

2 GM Laznicka Viktor 2610 CZE 5.5

3 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2615 ISR 5.0
4 GM Stellwagen Daniel 2639 NED 5.0
5 GM Meier Georg 2558 GER 5.0
6 IM Gopal Geetha Narayanan 2520 IND 5.0
7 IM Grigoryan Avetik 2489 ARM 5.0
8 GM Wang Hao 2643 CHN 5.0
9 IM So Wesley 2531 PHI 5.0
10 GM Popov Ivan 2539 RUS 5.0
11 GM Negi Parimarjan 2514 IND 5.0

Here is the official website: http://www.armchess.am/WJGCC07/wjgcc.html

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