(Always avoid alliteration!)
The World Championship match had its first rest day, but the other three major ongoing events saw action.
In the U.S. Championship saw the top seeds, Hikaru Nakamura and Gata Kamsky, both draw and maintain clear first and second, respectively. Nakamura drew with Varuzhan Akobian while Kamsky drew with Yuri Shulman (who is tied for third and, like Nakamura but not Kamsky*, is undefeated). The favorites both had Black and failed to put their opponents in any danger.
In the first five rounds the proportion of decisive games was extremely high, but there were only two winners today. Robert Hess beat Gregory Kaidanov with Black in a middlegame with imbalanced material; his minor pieces wound up dominating Kaidanov's queen. Also winning was Yasser Seirawan, who has yet to draw a game in the tournament. His game with Ray Robson went from the opening to an endgame almost immediately, and Seirawan displayed his technical prowess on the way to a badly needed win.
The other two games - Stripunsky-Lenderman and Onischuk-Ramirez - were drawn.
Round 7 Pairings:
Lenderman (3.5) - Seirawan (2)
Kamsky (4) - Stripunsky (3)
Nakamura (4.5) - Shulman (3.5)
Hess (2.5) - Akobian (2.5)
Ramirez (1.5) - Kaidanov (3)
Robson (2.5) - Onischuk (3.5)
In the Women's Championship, the three-way tie for first is over. Iryna Zenyuk lost to Rusudan Goletiani and Anna Zatonskih drew with Viktorija Ni, which allowed Irina Krush to take the sole lead by defeating Tatev Abrahamyan. She has 4/5, Zatonskih 3.5 and Zenyuk, Goletiani and Sabina-Francesca Foisor all have 3.
Going down south a bit, the penultimate round of the 47th Capablanca Memorial in Havana, Cuba, saw the leaders square off. Vassily Ivanchuk led Ian Nepomniachtchi by half a point coming into the round, but with the latter having White in their game the tournament remained very much up for grabs. It still is, but Ivanchuk held very comfortably with the black pieces to maintain his lead. As he'll have White against tailender Viktor Laznicka while Nepomniachtchi will have Black against the third-placed Leinier Dominguez one must like Ivanchuk's chances for finishing in clear first.
Finally, in Sigeman & Co. event in Malmo, Sweden Fabiano Caruana drew and continues to lead with 3/4, but Nils Grandelius (who also drew) and 2700s Li Chao and Peter Leko (who both won their games, with Black) are all nipping at his heels, just half a point behind. Three rounds remain there.
* Correcting an earlier error (see five of the comments!).