Potkin Still Leads In Aix-les-Bains
His pace has slackened, but Vladimir Potkin still leads the European Individual Chess Championships with a score of 6/7.
However, with just four rounds left the chasing pack is now fully 19 players strong and just half a point behind!
Judit Polgar is currently on 5/7 and if anyone was worried that motherhood might have tempered her aggressive style, just check out the games below, especially the last one!
Judit Polgar, widely regarded as the strongest ever women's chess player
The top standings after seven rounds:
| 1 | Potkin Vladimir | RUS | 2653 | 6.0 |
| 2 | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2707 | 5.5 |
| 3 | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | ROU | 2673 | 5.5 |
| 4 | Volokitin Andrei | UKR | 2677 | 5.5 |
| 5 | Ragger Markus | AUT | 2614 | 5.5 |
| 6 | Khismatullin Denis | RUS | 2662 | 5.5 |
| 7 | Cheparinov Ivan | BUL | 2664 | 5.5 |
| 8 | Zhigalko Sergei | BLR | 2680 | 5.5 |
| 9 | Feller Sebastien | FRA | 2657 | 5.5 |
| 10 | Khairullin Ildar | RUS | 2634 | 5.5 |
| 11 | Iordachescu Viorel | MDA | 2626 | 5.5 |
| 12 | Vitiugov Nikita | RUS | 2720 | 5.5 |
| 13 | Lupulescu Constantin | ROU | 2626 | 5.5 |
| 14 | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | ROU | 2598 | 5.5 |
| 15 | Moiseenko Alexander | UKR | 2673 | 5.5 |
| 16 | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | POL | 2711 | 5.5 |
| 17 | Kobalia Mikhail | RUS | 2672 | 5.5 |
| 18 | Mamedov Rauf | AZE | 2667 | 5.5 |
| 19 | Hammer Jon Ludvig | NOR | 2606 | 5.5 |
| 20 | Korobov Anton | UKR | 2647 | 5.5 |
| 21 | Polgar Judit | HUN | 2686 | 5.0 |
| 22 | Wirig Anthony | FRA | 2480 | 5.0 |
| 23 | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2674 | 5.0 |
| 24 | Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 2584 | 5.0 |
| 25 | Smeets Jan | NED | 2660 | 5.0 |
| 26 | Navara David | CZE | 2722 | 5.0 |
| 27 | Savchenko Boris | RUS | 2616 | 5.0 |
| 28 | Sutovsky Emil | ISR | 2692 | 5.0 |
| 29 | Naiditsch Arkadij | GER | 2684 | 5.0 |
| 30 | Romanov Evgeny | RUS | 2624 | 5.0 |
| 31 | Zvjaginsev Vadim | RUS | 2663 | 5.0 |
| 32 | Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS | 2729 | 5.0 |
| 33 | Dreev Aleksey | RUS | 2697 | 5.0 |
| 34 | Anisimov Pavel | RUS | 2532 | 5.0 |
| 35 | Svidler Peter | RUS | 2730 | 5.0 |
| 36 | Lenic Luka | SLO | 2623 | 5.0 |
| 37 | Fridman Daniel | GER | 2661 | 5.0 |
| 38 | Ivanisevic Ivan | SRB | 2617 | 5.0 |
| 39 | Gabrielian Artur | RUS | 2532 | 5.0 |
| 40 | Gharamian Tigran | FRA | 2650 | 5.0 |
| 41 | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2628 | 5.0 |
| 42 | L'ami Erwin | NED | 2623 | 5.0 |
| 43 | Jobava Baadur | GEO | 2707 | 5.0 |
| 44 | Mcshane Luke J | ENG | 2683 | 5.0 |
| 45 | Jakovenko Dmitry | RUS | 2718 | 5.0 |
Judit Polgar picture from the official website.
