Overview
- Nihal Sarin defeated Parham Maghsoodloo and Matthias Bluebaum upset Arjun Erigaisi to reach 5.5/7, setting up a Round 8 meeting between the co-leaders.
- World champion D. Gukesh suffered a third straight loss, falling to 16-year-old Ediz Gurel in Round 7.
- Defending champion Vaishali Rameshbabu beat Guo Qi to move to 6/7 and sole first in the Women's Grand Swiss, with Kateryna Lagno alone in second.
- Alireza Firouzja, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Hans Niemann, and Vidit Gujrathi won in Round 7 to close to within half a point of the Open lead.
- Indian teenager Divya Deshmukh defeated GM Velimir Ivić for her second win over male grandmasters after choosing to play in the Open, as the Samarkand events award two Candidates places per section.