Vitiugov won against Georgiev in the fight for the 1st place and is now the sole leader with 6.5 points as Le Quang Liem drew Ivanchuk. The two drew in only 14 moves and it is against the rules of the event to accept a draw until move 30 :). Nevertheless, after arbiters talked to the players the problem was settled 🙂 – Ivanchuk did a very interesting masterclass which you might want to view on http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/video_masterclasses.htm!
So, top 10 players after 7 rounds:
1 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2694 6.5 2959
2 GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2705 6.0 2869
3 GM Kamsky Gata USA 2740 6.0 2798
4 GM Short Nigel D ENG 2690 6.0 2707
5 GM Adams Michael ENG 2725 5.5 2752
6 GM Jones Gawain C ENG 2632 5.5 2743
7 GM Ivanchuk Vassil UKR 2758 5.5 2737
8 GM Navara David CZE 2710 5.5 2733
9 GM Tkachiev Vladis FRA 2650 5.5 2727
10 GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2643 5.5 2727
Players with 5.5 continue until the 18th place 🙂
Results of top 10 boards
1 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2694 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Georgiev Kiril 2643
2 GM Ivanchuk Vassil 2758 5 ½ – ½ 5½ GM Le Quang Liem 2705
3 GM Iturrizaga Edua 2650 5 0 – 1 5 GM Kamsky Gata 2740
4 GM Adams Michael 2725 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Tkachiev Vladis 2650
5 GM Salgado Lopez I 2606 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Navara David 2710
6 GM Jones Gawain C 2632 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Shirov Alexei 2708
7 GM Short Nigel D 2690 5 1 – 0 5 IM Larino Nieto Da 2497
8 GM Vachier-Lagrave 2711 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Stefanova Antoa 2516
9 GM Yu Yangyi 2688 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Cmilyte Viktori 2515
10 GM Fridman Daniel 2667 4½ 1 – 0 4½ WGM Ju Wenjun 2505
Pairings of the top 10 boards
1 GM Kamsky Gata 2740 6 – 6½ GM Vitiugov Nikita 2694
2 GM Le Quang Liem 2705 6 – 6 GM Short Nigel D 2690
3 GM Georgiev Kiril 2643 5½ – 5½ GM Ivanchuk Vassil 2758
4 GM Salgado Lopez I 2606 5½ – 5½ GM Adams Michael 2725
5 GM Tkachiev Vladis 2650 5½ – 5½ GM Vachier-Lagrave 2711
6 GM Navara David 2710 5½ – 5½ GM Sandipan Chanda 2590
7 GM Shirov Alexei 2708 5½ – 5½ IM Oparin Grigoriy 2478
8 GM Jones Gawain C 2632 5½ – 5½ GM Yu Yangyi 2688
9 GM Zhao Xue 2554 5½ – 5½ GM Fridman Daniel 2667
10 GM Cramling Pia 2518 5 – 5 GM Wojtaszek Rados 2723