Swedish GM Grandelius caught up with Norwegian GM Hammer and has 6 points.
Top 5 Board results of the 7th round
1 GM Piorun Kacper 2560 5 ½ – ½ 5½ GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2612
2 GM Grandelius Nils 2576 5 1 – 0 4½ GM Hillarp-Persson Tiger 2551
3 GM Volkov Sergey 2623 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Socko Bartosz 2657
4 GM Lintchevski Daniil 2541 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Smirin Ilya 2642
5 GM Krasenkow Michal 2633 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Cramling Pia 2525
Top 10 players after 7 rounds with ELO gain/loss
1 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2576 2576 2642 6.0 22.2
2 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig NOR 2612 2612 6.0 14.4
3 GM Krasenkow Michal POL 2633 2633 5.5 6.7
4 GM Piorun Kacper POL 2560 2560 5.5 13.5
5 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2623 2623 5.5 2.8
6 GM Smirin Ilya ISR 2642 2642 5.0 0.6
7 GM Lintchevski Daniil RUS 2541 2541 5.0 8.0
8 GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2581 2581 5.0 6.0
9 IM Smirnov Artem RUS 2418 2418 5.0 13.6
10 GM Socko Bartosz POL 2657 2657 2695 4.5 -4.9
Top 5 board pairings of the 8th round
1 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2612 6 – 5½ GM Krasenkow Michal 2633
2 GM Volkov Sergey 2623 5½ – 6 GM Grandelius Nils 2576
3 GM Smirin Ilya 2642 5 – 5½ GM Piorun Kacper 2560
4 IM Smirnov Artem 2418 5 – 5 GM Goganov Aleksey 2581
5 GM Socko Bartosz 2657 4½ – 5 GM Lintchevski Daniil 2541