Leaders after 7 rounds
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | |
| 1 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2707 | 6.0 | 2600 | 5 | |
| 2 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | HUN | 2719 | 5.5 | 2600 | 5 | |
| 3 | GM | Ibrahimov Rasul | AZE | 2526 | Baku | 5.0 | 2532 | 4 |
| 4 | GM | Wang Yue | CHN | 2734 | 5.0 | 2526 | 3 | |
| 5 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 2584 | Baku | 5.0 | 2525 | 4 |
| 6 | GM | Smirin Ilia | ISR | 2658 | 5.0 | 2523 | 4 | |
| 7 | GM | Korobov Anton | UKR | 2647 | 5.0 | 2506 | 4 | |
| 8 | GM | Gagunashvili Merab | GEO | 2599 | 5.0 | 2493 | 4 | |
| 9 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2628 | Baku | 5.0 | 2410 | 3 |
| 10 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | NED | 2643 | 4.5 | 2555 | 3 | |
| 11 | GM | Turov Maxim | RUS | 2635 | 4.5 | 2531 | 3 | |
| 12 | GM | Volkov Sergey | RUS | 2621 | 4.5 | 2525 | 3 | |
| 13 | IM | Benidze Davit | GEO | 2503 | 4.5 | 2494 | 4 | |
| 14 | IM | Ipatov Alexander | ESP | 2514 | 4.5 | 2439 | 3 |
Full results here: http://chess-results.com/tnr48598.aspx
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Paco looks happy.