Georgian chess player Baadur Jobava (2706) became the leader of David Bronstein Memorial in Minsk.

In the 7^th round of Belarusian tournament Jobava won over Russian Daniil Dubov (2614).

In a result, Jobava earned 6.0 points and moved to the first place. Sergey Tiviakov (Netherlands, 2639), Dubov  and Alexander Shimanov (Russia, 2658) are 0.5 point behind him.

In the 8^th round the Georgian plays against Tivakov and will try to maintain the position.

 Recall that the winner of Bronstein Memorial will get 10 000 USD.