Round 7 results
| Morozevich, Alexander | – Alekseev, Evgeny | 1-0 |
| Eljanov, Pavel | – Shirov, Alexei | ½ |
| Vitiugov, Nikita | – Tomashevsky, Evgeny | ½ |
| Roiz, Michael | – Ni, Hua | ½ |
| Moiseenko, Alexander | – Andreikin, Dmitry | ½ |
| Leko, Peter | – Ponomariov, Ruslan | ½ |
Standings after 7 rounds
| 1. | Morozevich, A | RUS | 2737 | 6 |
| 2. | Leko, P | HUN | 2728 | 4 |
| 3. | Tomashevsky, E | RUS | 2710 | 4 |
| 4. | Shirov, A | ESP | 2713 | 3½ |
| 5. | Alekseev, E | RUS | 2662 | 3½ |
| 6. | Vitiugov, N | RUS | 2726 | 3½ |
| 7. | Roiz, M | ISR | 2668 | 3½ |
| 8. | Moiseenko, A | UKR | 2726 | 3½ |
| 9. | Eljanov, P | UKR | 2683 | 3 |
| 10. | Ponomariov, R | UKR | 2758 | 3 |
| 11. | Andreikin, D | RUS | 2705 | 2½ |
| 12. | Ni, Hua | CHN | 2670 | 2 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
If he keeps +2 he should win this kind of tournament.