July 27th: 8th round (from 2 PM)
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | – | Yannick Pelletier | 1 – 0 |
| Fabiano Caruana | – | Alexei Shirov | 0 – 1 |
| Magnus Carlsen | – | Alexander Morozevich | ½ – ½ |
Standings after Round 7
| Name | ELO | Points | ||
| 1. | Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2821 | 17 |
| 2. | Alexander Morozevich | RUS | 2694 | 14 |
| 3. | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | FRA | 2722 | 10 |
| Alexei Shirov | ESP | 2714 | 10 | |
| 5. | Fabiano Caruana | ITA | 2711 | 6 |
| 6. | Yannick Pelletier | SUI | 2590 | 4 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Carlsen rocks.
Carlsen is the best! He rocks! Hmmm – He is more like teetering on a rocky cliff when facing Anand or Kramnik.