Yuri beat giant killer Kumar Gaurav and maintained his position on top of the leader-board with 6.0 points. Joining the Ukraine Grandmasters were Belous Vladimir, Mozharov Mikhail (both Russia) and Dzhumaev Marat (Uzb) respectively.
Chakkravarthy and Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman stayed half a point behind the leaders. Also at 5.5 points was defending champion GM Ivan Popov who kept himself in range holding Ernst Sipke of The Netherlands on the top board.
Round 7 Results (Indians unless specified): Ernst Sipke (Ned) 5.5 drew with Popov Ivan (Rus) 5.5, Dzhumaev Marat (Uzb) 6 bt Demchenko Anton (Rus) 5, Solodovnichenko Yuri (Ukr) 6 bt Kumar Gaurav 5, Mozharov Mikhail (Rus) 6 bt Rathnakaran K (5), Swapnil S Dhopade (5) Belous Vladimir (Rus) 6, Deepan Chakkravarthy J (5.5) drew with Bernadskiy Vitaliy (Ukr) 5.5, Ravi Teja S (5) drew with Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman (5.5), Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari (4.5) lost to Sivuk Vitaly (Ukr) 5.5, Tukhaev Adam (Ukr) 5 drew with Shyaamnikhil P (5), Grachev Boris (Rus) 5 bt Mohamad Fahad Rahman (Ban) 4.