Melkumyan
(Photo taken from the official site)
Melkumyan, who was leading the event with 6 out of 6, drew against Rapport and is still a sole leader with 6.5 points. Rapport and Savchenko are on 6.
Results of top 5 boards of the 7th round
1 GM Rapport Richard 2704 5½ ½ – ½ 6 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2655
2 GM Goganov Aleksey 2604 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2546
3 GM Popilski Gil 2494 5 0 – 1 5 GM Savchenko Boris 2596
4 GM Boruchovsky Avital 2483 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Banusz Tamas 2585
5 GM Molner Mackenzie 2509 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Shirov Alexei 2709
Top 10 players after 7 rounds
1 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2655 6.5 23.5 33.5 2920
2 GM Rapport Richard U18 HUN 2704 6.0 24.0 34.0 2830
3 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2596 6.0 20.5 28.5 2723
4 GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2604 5.5 22.5 31.0 2664
5 GM Bok Benjamin U20 NED 2587 5.5 22.0 30.5 2625
6 GM Oparin Grigoriy U18 RUS 2546 5.5 22.0 30.5 2609
7 GM Banusz Tamas HUN 2585 5.5 21.5 30.5 2633
8 GM Boruchovsky Avital U18 ISR 2483 5.5 20.5 29.5 2631
9 GM Kveinys Aloyzas LTU 2527 5.5 20.5 28.5 2661
10 GM Fridman Daniel GER 2639 5.5 20.5 28.5 2645
Some games of the 7th round
Pairings of top 5 boards of the 8th round
1 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2655 6½ – 6 GM Savchenko Boris 2596
2 GM Bok Benjamin 2587 5½ – 6 GM Rapport Richard 2704
3 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2546 5½ – 5½ GM Fridman Daniel 2639
4 GM Banusz Tamas 2585 5½ – 5½ GM Goganov Aleksey 2604
5 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2595 5½ – 5½ GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2527
