Standings after 6 rounds
| 1-2. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2801 | 4 |
| 1-2. | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2763 | 4 |
| 3-6. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2760 | 3½ |
| 3-6. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2771 | 3½ |
| 3-6. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2741 | 3½ |
| 3-6. | Wang Hao | g | CHN | 2727 | 3½ |
| 7. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2791 | 3 |
| 8. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2741 | 2 |
| 9-10. | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2735 | 1½ |
| 9-10. | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2742 | 1½ |
Round 7 pairings
| L. Aronian | H. Nakamura |
|
| P. Eljanov | S. Karjakin | |
| A. Grischuk | A. Shirov | |
| V. Kramnik |
S. Mamedyarov |
|
| Wang Hao | B. Gelfand |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nakamura is the greatest.
He will lose to Aronian today…