GM Vishnu Prasanna kept up his strong performance by winning his round 7 game to move to a 6.0/7. He now shares the lead with three others. The second seed Bulgarian GM Kiril Georgiev meanwhile could not keep up pace and lost to Turkish IM Ogulcan Kanmazalp.
GM Sundararajan Kidambi meanwhile managed to register a win to move to 5.0/7.
Check the pairings for Round 8 here.