In the seventh round, the leading Matthias Bluebaum took advantage of the white pieces and recorded a new victory. He played against Kozubov and won the pawn in the middlegame. After a mistake made by Kozubov with black, he came to a winning position, which he realized. With black pieces Sargissian won an important point in the duel with Jobava.
Standings: Bluebaum has 6.5 points, Sargissian 6; Gadimbayli, Guseinov, Moussard, Ter-Sahakyan, Shevchenko and Lagarde have 5.5 points.
