The 7th rounds brought the situation that never happened in the history of World Championships before - 4 players are having 5 points from 7 games and one player is just half a point behind them! For sure we can say this is the most even WC ever!
The results of the 7th round:
Round 7 Oll - Kozhin 1 : 0
Round 7 Purk - Karlsson 1 : 0
Round 7 Iio - Sushkov 0 : 1
Round 7 Okabe - Taimla 0 : 1
Round 7 Savrasova - Chingin 0 : 1
Round 7 Yamaguchi - Wu 0 : 1
The standings after the 7th round (points, Berger):
Wu, Di Chi 5 (15,50)
Sushkov, V. Rus 5 (14,50)
Taimla, T. Est 5 (14,00)
Yamaguchi, Y. Jap 5 (13,00)
Chingin, K. Rus 4 (14,75)
Savrasova, Y. Rus 3 (16,50)
Purk, A. Est 3 (11,75)
Okabe, H. Jap 3 (6,00)
Karlsson, S. Swe 2 (8,00)
Kozhin, M. Rus 2 (6,00)
Iio, Y. Jap 1 (2,75)
Oll, A. Est 1 (2,75)
Tomorrows pairs are:
Round 8 Karlsson - Wu
Round 8 Taimla - Yamaguchi
Round 8 Kozhin - Okabe
Round 8 Sushkov - Oll
Round 8 Chingin - Iio
Round 8 Purk - Savrasova
All the games will be shown live tomorrow!
The games are available here:
http://www.renju.net/media/games.php?gameid=6262Ando Meritee