Hastings Round 7 report

Finally, the number of leaders is coming down. There are three - Malakhatko, Mamedov and Williams. The top seed Malakhatko's climb back has been impressive.

Round 7 results:

1 MALAKHATKO,Vadim (4½) 1 - 0 LALIC,Bogdan (4½)
2 PERT,Nicholas (4½) ½ - ½ CHATALBASHEV,Boris (4½)
3 MAMEDOV,Nidjat (4½) 1 - 0 GREET,Andrew (4½)
4 WILLIAMS,Simon (4½) 1 - 0 NEVEROV,Valeriy (4½)
5 CONQUEST,Stuart (4½) ½ - ½ HEBDEN,Mark (4½)
6 KAUFMAN,Raymond (4) 0 - 1 JONES,Gawain (4)
7 RENDLE,Thomas (4) ½ - ½ TAHIROV,Farhad (4)
8 RUDD,Jack (4) 0 - 1 PAVLOVIC,Milos (4)
9 BINDRICH,Falko (4) 0 - 1 SHAKIL,Abu Sufian (4)
10 HOUSKA,Jovanka (4) ½ - ½ HASLINGER,Stewart (4)

Standings after round 7:

Williams, Malakhatko, Mamedov - 5.5 pts

Hebden, Chatalbashev, Satyapragyan, Gawain Jones, Flear, Conquest, Shakil, Gormally, Pert, Pavlovic - 5 pts