Round 8 results
| Nakamura, Hikaru | – Morozevich, Alexander | 0-1 |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | – Caruana, Fabiano | 0-1 |
| Giri, Anish | – Vitiugov, Nikita | 1-0 |
Standings after 8 rounds
1. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2758 – 15 points
2. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2762 – 14
3. Giri, Anish g NED 2714 – 12
4. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2727 – 11
5. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2775 – 8
6. Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2729 – 5
Website: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/tornei_capodanno/54/tabellone.htm
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
What’s the Ivanchuk story?
I guess Ivanchuk never recovered from the missed chance against Naka. Looks like the end of the great and tumultous Ivanchuk saga.
Stamped adressed in odd fatality that evens out their “personality”. Ivanchuk is having one of his meltdowns…its happened before. I certainly know how that feels. One day..everything is GOLD and the next..nothing works. It’s part of the creative process.
Something that a lot of people can’t even BEGIN to understand. I’d not judge so quickly…as there are factors I’d imagine that are not apparent. To put it simply for the masses..”He’s having a bad day”