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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