Round 8 results
| 12 | GM | Gelfand Boris | 2744 | 1 – 0 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2734 | 10 |
| 11 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | 2749 | ½ – ½ | GM | Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2734 | 9 |
| 1 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2754 | ½ – ½ | GM | Giri Anish | 2776 | 8 |
| 2 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2699 | 0 – 1 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2799 | 7 |
| 3 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2780 | 1 – 0 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2753 | 6 |
| 4 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2803 | 0 – 1 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2738 | 5 |
Standings after 8 rounds
| RK | SNO. | NAME | RTG | FED | PTS | SB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | GM | Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2734 | CUB | 5 | 21,25 |
| 2 | 4 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2803 | ITA | 5 | 17,25 |
| 3 | 7 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2799 | USA | 5 | 17,25 |
| 4 | 12 | GM | Gelfand Boris | 2744 | ISR | 4½ | 17,75 |
| 5 | 5 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2738 | RUS | 4½ | 15,50 |
| 6 | 6 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2753 | RUS | 4½ | 15,25 |
| 7 | 10 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2734 | RUS | 4 | 17,25 |
| 8 | 3 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2780 | RUS | 4 | 15,00 |
| 9 | 8 | GM | Giri Anish | 2776 | NED | 3½ | 13,50 |
| 10 | 11 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | 2749 | RUS | 3 | 12,25 |
| 11 | 2 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2699 | GEO | 3 | 12,25 |
| 12 | 1 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2754 | FRA | 2 | 7,50 |
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