Standings after 7 rounds
| 1-3. | Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | 2705 | 4 |
| 1-3. | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2772 | 4 |
| 1-3. | Caruana, Fabiano | ITA | 2712 | 4 |
| 4-7. | Laznicka, Viktor | CZE | 2701 | 3½ |
| 4-7 | Onischuk, Alexander | USA | 2669 | 3½ |
| 4-7 | Efimenko, Zahar | UKR | 2703 | 3½ |
| 4-7 | Motylev, Alexander | RUS | 2690 | 3½ |
| 8-10. | Bruzon, Lazaro | CUB | 2682 | 3 |
| 8-10. | Jakovenko, Dmitry | RUS | 2716 | 3 |
| 8-10. | Rublevsky, Sergei | RUS | 2681 | 3 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Bacrot is back in top form.