Volotikin and Felgaer continue to have a miserable tournament. Today, Volotikin lost to Bruzon and Felgaer lost to Chaparinov with the White pieces. Everyone else drew.
Therefore, the standings after 7 rounds look like this:
1-2. 5.0 GM Ruslan Ponomariov (22, Ukraine, 2723), GM Francisco Vallejo Pons (23, Spain, 2650)
3. 4.5 GM Hikaru Nakamura (18, USA, 2644)
4-5. 4.0 GM Ivan Cheparinov (19, Bulgaria, 2625), GM Lenier Dominguez (22, Cuba, 2638)
6-8 3.0 GM Lazaro Bruzon (23, Cuba, 2650), GM Sergey Karjakin (16, Ukraine, 2660), GM Andrei Volokitin (19, Ukraine, 2665)
9. 2.0 IM Manuel Leon Hoyos (16, Mexico, 2428)
10. 1.5 GM Ruben Felgaer (24, Argentina, 2607)
I’m afraid Hikaru may collapse at the end. I think Pono will win and Vallejo will be second.