Kuzubov won against Miton and is a sole leader with 5.5 points. GMs McShane, Hess, Halkias and Williams are sharing from 2nd to 5th.
Black got into a very passive position in the next game
Results of top 10 boards of round 6
1 17 GM Hess Robert L 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM McShane Luke J 1
2 6 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Miton Kamil 11
3 3 GM Gustafsson Jan 4 ½ – ½ 4½ GM Halkias Stelios 15
4 12 GM Pelletier Yannick 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij 2
5 26 GM Williams Simon K 4 1 – 0 4 GM Adly Ahmed 5
6 16 GM Jones Gawain C B 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 7
7 8 GM Hansen Sune Berg 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Friedel Joshua E 21
8 32 IM Berbatov Kiprian 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Chatalbashev Boris 9
9 10 GM Baklan Vladimir 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger 24
10 4 GM Sokolov Ivan 3½ 1 – 0 3½ IM Sammalvuo Tapani 31
Pairings of top 10 boards in round 7
1 1 GM McShane Luke J 5 5½ GM Kuzubov Yuriy 6
2 15 GM Halkias Stelios 5 5 GM Williams Simon K 26
3 7 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 4½ 5 GM Hess Robert L 17
4 2 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij 4½ 4½ GM Jones Gawain C B 16
5 18 GM Nyzhnyk Illya 4½ 4½ GM Gustafsson Jan 3
6 21 GM Friedel Joshua E 4½ 4½ GM Sokolov Ivan 4
7 27 GM Kveinys Aloyzas 4½ 4½ GM Hansen Sune Berg 8
8 9 GM Chatalbashev Boris 4½ 4½ GM Danielsen Henrik 20
9 29 IM Grover Sahaj 4½ 4½ GM Baklan Vladimir 10
10 11 GM Miton Kamil 4½ 4½ IM D’amore Carlo 28