With the special scoring system where a win is worth 3 points, anything can happen going into round 9. Here are the key matchups:
1 | 5 | GM | Bologan Viktor | MDA | 2668 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Wang Hao | CHN | 2722 | 1 | |
2 | 3 | GM | Timofeev Artyom | RUS | 2677 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Kovacevic Aleksandar | SRB | 2573 | 23 | |
3 | 2 | GM | Efimenko Zahar | UKR | 2677 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Predojevic Borki | BIH | 2628 | 12 | |
4 | 8 | GM | Gustafsson Jan | GER | 2640 | 6 | 6 | GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | ROU | 2560 | 25 | |
5 | 7 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | AZE | 2653 | 6 | 6 | GM | Sandipan Chanda | IND | 2640 | 9 | |
6 | 22 | GM | Brkic Ante | CRO | 2573 | 5½ | 5½ | Inants Aghasi | ARM | 2259 | 108 | ||
7 | 31 | GM | Svetushkin Dmitry | MDA | 2547 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Jankovic Alojzije | CRO | 2559 | 26 | |
8 | 38 | GM | Berczes David | HUN | 2519 | 5½ | 5½ | IM | Sengupta Deep | IND | 2508 | 43 | |
9 | 4 | GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | ROU | 2672 | 5½ | 5 | GM | Damljanovic Branko | SRB | 2539 | 34 | |
10 | 6 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | BIH | 2654 | 5½ | 5½ | IM | Krivoborodov Egor | RUS | 2490 | 50 | |
11 | 28 | WGM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | RUS | 2553 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Geetha Narayanan Gopal | IND | 2604 | 16 | |
12 | 18 | GM | Stefansson Hannes | ISL | 2588 | 5½ | 5 | GM | Dizdarevic Emir | BIH | 2498 | 47 | |
13 | 24 | GM | Bosiocic Marin | CRO | 2562 | 5 | 5½ | IM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2476 | 57 | |
14 | 40 | IM | Sebenik Matej | SLO | 2515 | 5 | 5½ | GM | Berg Emanuel | SWE | 2616 | 13 | |
15 | 46 | IM | Brandenburg Daan | NED | 2503 | 5 | 5½ | GM | Lenic Luka | SLO | 2592 | 17 | |
16 | 19 | GM | Fier Alexandr | BRA | 2581 | 5 | 5 | IM | D’amore Carlo | ITA | 2484 | 53 | |
17 | 73 | IM | Rukavina Josip | CRO | 2397 | 5 | 5½ | GM | Saric Ivan | CRO | 2580 | 20 | |
18 | 27 | GM | Godena Michele | ITA | 2554 | 5½ | 4½ | GM | Nikcevic Nebojsa | MNE | 2387 | 78 |
Full pairings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr31622.aspx
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
What an exciting finish.