Final round pairings
1 GM Carlsen, M. (4½) 2822 – GM Aronian, L. (5) 2799
2 GM Vachier-Lagr. (5) 2789 – GM Nepomniachtc. (3) 2751
3 GM So, Wesley (2½) 2810 – GM Anand, V. (5) 2783
4 GM Nakamura, H. (3) 2792 – GM Karjakin, S. (4½) 2773
5 GM Svidler, P. (3½) 2751 – GM Caruana, F. (4) 2807
Round 8 results
| Anand, Viswanathan | – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | |
| Aronian, Levon | – Svidler, Peter | ½-½ | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | – Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | |
| Karjakin, Sergey | – So, Wesley | 1-0 | |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | – Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ |
Standings after 8 rounds
| 1. | Anand, Viswanathan | gm | IND | 2783 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | 5 | |
| 2. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | gm | FRA | 2791 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | 1 | 5 | |
| 3. | Aronian, Levon | gm | ARM | 2809 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | . | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 4. | Karjakin, Sergey | gm | RUS | 2773 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | . | ½ | 1 | 4½ | |
| 5. | Carlsen, Magnus | gm | NOR | 2822 | ½ | 0 | . | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4½ | |
| 6. | Caruana, Fabiano | gm | USA | 2807 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4 | |
| 7. | Svidler, Peter | gm | RUS | 2749 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | . | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3½ | |
| 8. | Nakamura, Hikaru | gm | USA | 2792 | ½ | ½ | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 3 | |
| 9. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | gm | RUS | 2742 | 0 | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | 0 | 3 | |
| 10. | So, Wesley | gm | USA | 2810 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | 2½ |
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