Round 7 started off early today as a lot of tournaments do, that is have the final round a little earlier so the players can get home without having to stay an extra day or such. However, some of the games are still in the opening phase at this moment and with the Sofia rules, there are no early draws to be had. Fighting chess all the way with only forced drawn situations accepted.
Pairings For Round 7 Tue Dec 15th, 12:00 GMT, 7:00am EST
3 GM Hikaru Nakamura USA 1/2-1/2 2 GM Vladimir Kramnik RUS
6 GM Ni Hua CHN 0-1 8 GM David Howell ENG
5 GM Michael Adams ENG 1-0 7 GM Luke McShane ENG
4 GM Nigel Short ENG 1/2-1/2 1 GM Magnus Carlsen NOR
GM David Howell after drawing with all the other players, finishes with a win over GM Ni Hua putting him on the + side, finishing with 9 points, not too bad considering he was the lowest seed in the tournament. GM Hikaru Nakamura finished up with a draw vs GM Vladimir Kramnik finishing on the - side after his earlier loss vs GM McShane and despite a great game vs GM Magnus Carlsen, which was voted Best Game of Round 4, shared with GM Carlsen. I'm not sure what GM Nakamura's rating will be after this tournament, but it will be close to the 2700 mark after he had worked it up to 2735 unofficially on the Estimated Live Rating Chart of those over 2700 done by Hans Arild Runde http://chess.liverating.org/ . This is all unofficial but a well watched list by the avid chess fan. I often wish I had the widget for the unofficial top 10, but he doesn't have a link for that available, unless I contact him I guess. But I do have a link to his site on the right, it's just down a bit.
Final Standings
1 13.0 GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2801
2 12.0 GM Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2772
3 9.0 GM David Howell ENG 2597 *
4 9.0 GM Michael Adams ENG 2698
5 7.0 GM Luke McShane ENG 2615
6 6.0 GM Ni Hua CHN 2665 *
7 6.0 GM Hikaru Nakamura USA 2715
8 5.0 GM Nigel Short ENG 2707
* After Tiebreaks, GM David Howell gets 3rd for a win with Black, while GM Ni Hua gets 6th for winning a game, while GM Nakamura had no wins.
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