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,...