GMs Fabiano Caruana and Sergey Karjakin, the 2 youngest players in the Tashkent Grand Prix, are leading the tournament after 7 rounds. Karjakin defeated Morozevich while Caruana took down Dominguez with black.
Round 7 results
Leinier Dominguez – Perez Fabiano Caruana 0-1
Ruslan Ponomariov – Boris Gelfand ½-½
Rustam Kasimdzhanov – Peter Leko ½-½
Sergey Karjakin – Alexander Morozevich 1-0
Shakriyar Mamedyarov – Gata Kamsky ½-½
Wang Hao – Peter Svidler ½-½
Standings after 7 rounds
1 GM Caruana Fabiano 2786 ITA 4½ 2
2 GM Karjakin Sergey 2775 RUS 4½
3 GM Morozevich Alexander 2748 RUS 4
4 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2764 AZE 4
5 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2696 UZB 4
6 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2741 UKR 3½
7 GM Svidler Peter 2747 RUS 3½
8 GM Wang Hao 2737 CHN 3½
9 GM Leko Peter 2732 HUN 3½
10 GM Kamsky Gata 2762 USA 2½
11 GM Gelfand Boris 2751 ISR 2½
12 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2726 CUB 2
Official website: http://tashkent2012.fide.com
Fabiano will be the next world champion after Nakamura.