Positions Remain the Same after 7th Round of Capablanca Chess Tournament

HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 24 (acn) Chinese Yu Yangyi remained on top of the Capablanca Memorial Chess Tournament after the seventh round, also marked by unexplained loss of Cuban Leinier Dominguez.

Yu drew with Ukrainian Pavel Eljanov in 69 moves of an English Opening and now owns five points, one more than Eljanov and Russian Dmitry Andreikin. The latter also signed peace with Cuban Lazaro Bruzon in 24 moves of a Reti opening.
The unthinkable happened in the game between Leinier and Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi, since the local apparently did not realize he ran out of time and lost in 61 moves despite having an unmistakable advantage.
Leinier now totals three points, thus having very few chances of fighting for a crown he does not win since 2009.
Bruzon has the same amount while Nepomniachtchi totals two points, but remains on bottom of standings in the Elite group.
There were not changes either at the top of the Premier group, since German Vitaly Kunin and Cuban Yusnel Bacallao drew and continue one-two thanks to 5 and 4.5 units, in that order.
The most interesting among the 10 players of this group was the win of Polish Jan Krzysztof Duda over his compatriot Kamil Miton and now appears third with four points.