Round 9 results:
| Meier, Georg | – Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | ½-½ | |||
| Savchenko, Boris | – Dominguez Perez, Leinier | ½-½ | |||
| Timofeev, Artyom | – Khenkin, Igor | 1-0 |
Standings with 1 to go:
| 1. | Dominguez , Leinier | g | CUB | 2721 | 5½ | |||||||||||||
| 2. | Meier, Georg | g | GER | 2641 | 4½ | |||||||||||||
| 3-4. | Savchenko, Boris | g | RUS | 2655 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 3-4. | Bruzon, Lazaro | g | CUB | 2617 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 5-6. | Khenkin, Igor | g | GER | 2630 | 3½ | |||||||||||||
| 5-6. | Timofeev, Artyom | g | RUS | 2677 | 3½ |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Dominguez is just too good.
Sorry, claiming that Dominguez is up 1 with 1 to go is just plain WRONG as he has played one game more than four of the other contestants, which is why 25 and not 27 games have been played after seven rounds. Kindly clarify.