The two leaders, having already played together, had to 'float down' to players with a half-point less.
Before the round, there were two on 5.5, five on five and as many as 28 on 4.5 points from six games played.
When all the leaders draw, like today, it enables others to catch up, so things could become even tighter in the final four rounds.
| 1 | GM | Baadur Jobava (5.5) | GEO | 2695 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Alexander Riazantsev (5) | RUS | 2660 |
| 2 | GM | Bojan Vuckovic (5) | SRB | 2630 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Zahar Efimenko (5.5) | UKR | 2640 |
| 3 | GM | Zoltan Almasi (5) | HUN | 2720 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Ian Nepomniachtchi (5) | RUS | 2656 |
| 4 | GM | Sergei Movsesian (4.5) | SVK | 2709 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Rauf Mamedov (5) | AZE | 2639 |
| 5 | GM | Aleksander Delchev (4.5) | BUL | 2625 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Francisco Vallejo Pons (4.5) | ESP | 2708 |
| 6 | GM | Vadim Zvjaginsev (4.5) | RUS | 2643 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Alexander Motylev (4.5) | RUS | 2705 |
| 7 | GM | Michael Adams (4.5) | ENG | 2704 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Bartlomiej Macieja (4.5) | POL | 2625 |
| 8 | GM | Evgeny Tomashevsky (4.5) | RUS | 2701 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Pavel Tregubov (4.5) | RUS | 2625 |
| 9 | GM | Vladimir Akopian (4.5) | ARM | 2688 | 1-0 | GM | Sanan Sjugirov (4.5) | RUS | 2602 |
| 10 | GM | Ivan Sokolov (4.5) | BIH | 2638 | 1-0 | GM | Fabiano Caruana (4.5) | ITA | 2680 |
As you can see in the table a number of the top seeds are not far behind and definitely still in contention.
The experienced contenders Vladimir Akopian and Rejkavik champion Ivan Sokolov are now only half-a-point off the lead.
In the women's event there were 15 players on 4.5 trailing the three on five and one on 5.5.
| 1 | WGM | Lilit Galojan (5) | ARM | 2380 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Monika Socko (5.5) | POL | 2465 |
| 2 | GM | Antoaneta Stefanova (5) | BUL | 2555 | 0.5-0.5 | IM | Viktorija Cmilyte (5) | LTU | 2485 |
| 3 | IM | Nadezhda Kosintseva (4.5) | RUS | 2554 | 0-1 | IM | Yelena Dembo (4.5) | GRE | 2457 |
| 4 | IM | Anna Muzychuk (4.5) | SLO | 2533 | 0.5-0.5 | IM | Almira Skripchenko (4.5) | FRA | 2456 |
| 5 | GM | Tatiana Kosintseva (4.5) | RUS | 2524 | 0.5-0.5 | IM | Mariya Muzychuk (4.5) | UKR | 2444 |
| 6 | GM | Pia Cramling (4.5) | SWE | 2523 | 1-0 | IM | Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (4.5) | RUS | 2438 |
| 7 | IM | Nino Khurtsidze (4.5) | GEO | 2434 | 0.5-0.5 | WGM | Natalia Zhukova (4.5) | UKR | 2492 |
| 8 | GM | Nana Dzagnidze (4.5) | GEO | 2479 | 0-1 | GM | Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (4.5) | SCO | 2447 |
| 9 | IM | Iweta Rajlich (4.5) | POL | 2459 | 0.5-0.5 | WGM | Anastasia Savina (4.5) | RUS | 2391 |
| 10 | GM | Marie Sebag (4) | FRA | 2506 | 1-0 | WGM | Vera Nebolsina (4.5) | RUS | 2310 |
Yelena Dembo, Pia Cramling and Ketevan Arakhamia all won and are now in the pack just behind Monika Socko.
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