Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2720) was the sole winner in the seventh round. Nepomniachtchi, who was having a luckless tournament so far, managed to beat GM Dominguez (2746) of Cuba with the black pieces to move to 2.0/7.
The leader GM Yu Yangyi played out a fighting draw with GM Pavel Eljanov (2718) of Ukraine.
| Rank | Name | Score | Elo |
| 1 | Yu, Yangyi | 5.0/7 | 2715 |
| 2 | Andreikin, Dmitry | 4.0/7 | 2718 |
| 3 | Eljanov, Pavel | 4.0/7 | 2718 |
| 4 | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | 3.0/7 | 2677 |
| 5 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 3.0/7 | 2746 |
| 6 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2.0/7 | 2720 |