U sedmom kolu kineski šahista Yu Yangyi je pobjedio Theodorou Nikolasa i sada se nalazi sam u vođstvu na turniru sa 5 poena. Na drugom mjestu je Nguyen Thai Dai Van sa 4,5 dok je treći Grigory Oparin sa 4 poena. Niemann je remizirao i sedmu partiju za redom i nalazi se na šestom mjestu sa 3,5 poena.

Vidit se nalaz na diobi 3-4 mjesta sa Oparinom (sa po 4 poena)
cat. XVII (2660)

| Rezultati 7. kola (8. novembar, 2022) | |||||
| Yu, Yangyi | – Theodorou, Nikolas | 1-0 | 39 | B33 | Sicilian Sveshnikov |
| Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | – Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | 1-0 | 44 | C55 | Two Knights Defence |
| Abasov, Nijat | – Nyzhnyk, Illya | ½-½ | 29 | B22 | Sicilian Alapin |
| Niemann, Hans Moke | – Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | ½-½ | 103 | E53 | Nimzo Indian |
| Hakobyan, Aram | – Oparin, Grigoriy | 1-0 | 48 | C45 | Scotch Game |
Stanje posle 7. kola
| 1. | Yu, Yangyi | g | CHN | 2716 | 5 |
| 2. | Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | g | CZE | 2645 | 4½ |
| 3. | Oparin, Grigoriy | g | USA | 2683 | 4 |
| 4. | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | g | IND | 2724 | 4 |
| 5. | Abasov, Nijat | g | AZE | 2646 | 3½ |
| 6. | Niemann, Hans Moke | g | USA | 2699 | 3½ |
| 7. | Hakobyan, Aram | g | ARM | 2613 | 3½ |
| 8. | Nyzhnyk, Illya | g | UKR | 2687 | 3½ |
| 9. | Theodorou, Nikolas | g | GRE | 2598 | 2 |
| 10. | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | g | IND | 2589 | 1½ |
Yu Yangyi (2716) – Theodorou,Nikolas (2598) [B33]
St Louis Fall A 2022 Saint Louis USA (7), 08.11.2022
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8 9.a4 Be7 10.Bd2 Nd7 11.a5 0–0 12.c4 f5 13.Be2 a6 14.Nc3 e4 15.0–0 Ne5 16.Ra3 Kh8 17.Rb3 Qe8 18.Bf4 Bd8 19.Qd4 Bf6 20.Qd2 Qe7 21.c5 g5 22.cxd6 Qg7 23.Be3 f4 24.Bc5 Bf5

25.d7 f3 26.Bxf8 Rxf8

27.Rxb7 Qh6 28.Rb6 Nxd7

29.Rxf6 Rxf6 30.gxf3 exf3 31.Bxf3 Qh4 32.Re1 Rh6 33.Re8+ Kg7 34.Qe3 Qxh2+ 35.Kf1 Rg6 36.Be4 Bxe4 37.Nxe4 Qh1+ 38.Ke2 Kh6

39.Qf3 Qb1 1–0
Hakobyan,Aram (2613) – Oparin,G (2683) [C45]
St Louis Fall A 2022 Saint Louis USA (7), 08.11.2022
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.Nd2 Rb8 9.c4 Nf4 10.Qe3 Ng6 11.f4 Qc5 12.Qe4 Be7 13.Nb3 Qb4+ 14.Bd2 d5 15.exd6 Qxd6 16.0–0–0 0–0 17.f5 Qe5 18.Bd3 Bf6 19.Bc3 Qxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Ne5 22.c5 Ba6 23.Nd4 Bc4 24.Nxc6 Nxc6 25.Bxc6 Bxa2 26.Rhe1 h5 27.Re7 Rb1+ 28.Kc2 Rfb8 29.Rxb1 Bxb1+ 30.Kc1 Bxf5 31.Bd5 c6 32.Bxf7+ Kf8 33.Rxa7 Rb5 34.Bxh5 Rxc5 35.Kd2 Be4 36.Ra8+ Ke7

37.Re8+ Kf6 38.Rxe4 Rxh5 39.h3 Rg5 40.g4 Rd5+ 41.Ke3 g5 42.Rc4 c5 43.Ra4 Re5+ 44.Kd3 Re1 45.Ra5 Rh1 46.Rxc5 Rxh3+ 47.Ke4 Ke6 48.c4 1–0

| St Louis Fall B 2022 Saint Louis (USA) |
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Lenderman povećao vođstvo
U sedmom kolu Aleksandar Lenderman je pobjedio glavnog rivala Raunaka Sadhwanija i vodi sa 6 poena, dva poena ispred grupe šahista sa 4 poena.
cat. XIII (2551)
| Rezultati 7. kola (8.11.2022) | |||||
| Lenderman, Aleksandr | – Sadhwani, Raunak | 1-0 | 45 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 |
| Kantor, Gergely | – Yoo, Christopher Woojin | 1-0 | 77 | E32 | Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 |
| Kadric, Denis | – Chirila, Ioan-Cristian | ½-½ | 40 | C43 | Petroff’s Defence |
| Chandra, Akshat | – Harutyunyan, Tigran K. | 0-1 | 85 | C88 | Ruy Lopez Closed |
| Mikaelyan, Arman | – Jacobson, Brandon | ½-½ | 41 | E77 | King’s Indian Four Pawns |
Tabela posle 7. kola
| 1. | Lenderman, Aleksandr | g | USA | 2550 | 6 |
| 2. | Yoo, Christopher Woojin | g | USA | 2573 | 4 |
| 3. | Sadhwani, Raunak | g | IND | 2628 | 4 |
| 4. | Kantor, Gergely | g | HUN | 2561 | 4 |
| 5. | Kadric, Denis | g | MNE | 2582 | 4 |
| 6. | Jacobson, Brandon | g | USA | 2551 | 3½ |
| 7. | Harutyunyan, Tigran K. | g | ARM | 2504 | 3½ |
| 8. | Chirila, Ioan-Cristian | g | ROU | 2536 | 3 |
| 9. | Chandra, Akshat | g | USA | 2472 | 2 |
| 10. | Mikaelyan, Arman | g | ARM | 2556 | 1 |
Lenderman,A (2550) – Sadhwani,Raunak (2628) [D37]
St Louis Fall B 2022 Saint Louis USA (7), 08.11.2022
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 c6 7.Bf4 Nh5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.e3 a5 11.Be2 0–0 12.0–0 Nhf6 13.Nd2 Re8 14.Bd3 Nf8 15.Rae1 Bg4 16.h3 Bh5 17.f4 h6 18.g4 Bg6 19.f5 Bh7 20.Nf3 N8d7 21.Qg2 Kh8 22.Qg3 Bg8 23.h4 Ne4 24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.Nd2 f6 26.Ndxe4 Nb6 27.Nc5 Nd5 28.Nxd5 Bxd5 29.a3 Rad8 30.Kh2 b6 31.Nd3 Bf7

32.g5 Rd5 33.gxh6 gxh6 34.Rg1 Rg8 35.Qf4 Qf8 36.Nf2 Rxg1 37.Rxg1 Rb5 38.Ne4 Rxb2+ 39.Kh3 Be8 40.h5 Rb3 41.Kh4 c5

42.Nd6 Bd7 43.Rg6 Rb1 44.Rxh6+ Kg8 45.Qg3+ 1–0