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Carlsen and Nakamura both win today to pull within 1/2 point of Shirov. So wins back to back game after 5 straight draws to start the tournament. In group C, both Robson and Chao suffered losses but Robson still maintains the lead in his section.
Round 7 results
Group A
| F. Caruana - V. Anand | ½-½ |
| S. Tiviakov - P. Leko | ½-½ |
| J. Smeets - L. Dominguez | ½-½ |
| L. van Wely - S. Karjakin | ½-½ |
| N. Short - V. Kramnik | ½-½ |
| H. Nakamura - A. Shirov | 1-0 |
| M. Carlsen - V. Ivanchuk | 1-0 |
Group B
| A. Giri - E. l'Ami | ½-½ |
| D. Howell - T. Nyback | 1-0 |
| A. Muzychuk - E. Sutovsky | ½-½ |
| A. Naiditsch - Ni | ½-½ |
| W. So - D. Reinderman | 1-0 |
| V. Akobian - L. Nisipeanu | ½-½ |
| P. Negi - P. Harikrishna | ½-½ |
Group C
| S. Kuipers - S. Swaminathan | ½-½ |
| Z. Peng - M. Muzychuk | ½-½ |
| B. Bok - R. Swinkels | 0-1 |
| D. Vocaturo - R. Robson | 1-0 |
| S. Plukkel - A. Gupta | 0-1 |
| L. Chao - N. Grandelius | 0-1 |
| R. van Kampen - K. Lie | ½-½ |
