Hastings chess Round 6 and Round 7 pairings

Hastings is moving in a very peculiar direction. Usually, in Swiss tournaments, the number of leaders drops as more rounds are played. But at Hastings, the number of leaders in increasing as a result of which we now have 8 leaders !

Only Greet, Mamedov and Lalic could win on the top boards.

Leading results:

HEBDEN,Mark (4) ½ - ½ MALAKHATKO,Vadim (4) CHATALBASHEV,Boris (4) ½ - ½ CONQUEST,Stuart (4) NEVEROV,Valeriy (4) ½ - ½ PERT,Nicholas (4) GREET,Andrew (3½) 1 - 0 GEORGIEV,Vladimir (3½) JONES,Gawain (3½) ½ - ½ RENDLE,Thomas (3½)
BOGNER,Sebastian (3½) 0 - 1 MAMEDOV,Nidjat (3½)
TAHIROV,Farhad (3½) ½ - ½ RADOVANOVIC,Jovica (3½)
PAVLOVIC,Milos (3½) ½ - ½ HOUSKA,Jovanka (3½)
ROY CHOWDHURY,Saptars (3½) ½ - ½ BINDRICH,Falko (3½)
LALIC,Bogdan (3½) 1 - 0 COLLINS,Sam (3½)

Standings after Round 6:

Malakhatko, Lalic, Pert, Chatalbashev, Greet, Mamedov, Williams, Neverov, Conquest, Hebden - 4.5 pts
Kaufman, Gawain Jones, Rendle, Tahirov, Pavlovic, Rudd