Dortmund Round 7: Return Of The Shak

After blundering in the previous round, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov hit back in round seven at Dortmund.

He defeated Peter Leko in fine style to move up the leaderboard once more to within half a point of the leader Ponomariov.

Shak attack! Leko suffers at the hands of the Azeri. Photo by Georgios Souleidis at the official site.

Ponomariov held Kramnik to a draw with the black pieces, and Quang Liem never looked in trouble against Naiditsch.

The standings after seven rounds:

Anatoly Karpov on the campaign trail in Dortmund (pic by Georgios Souleidis at the official site)