Corus round 8 pairings:
Group A
| V. Anand – V. Ivanchuk | |
| A. Shirov – M. Carlsen | |
| V. Kramnik – H. Nakamura | |
| S. Karjakin – N. Short | |
| L. Dominguez – L. van Wely | |
| P. Leko – J. Smeets | |
| F. Caruana – S. Tiviakov |
Group B
| E. l’Ami – P. Harikrishna | |
| L. Nisipeanu – P. Negi | |
| D. Reinderman – V. Akobian | |
| Ni – W. So | |
| E. Sutovsky – A. Naiditsch | |
| T. Nyback – A. Muzychuk | |
| A. Giri – D. Howell |
Group C
| S. Swaminathan – K. Lie | |
| N. Grandelius – R. van Kampen | |
| A. Gupta – L. Chao | |
| R. Robson – S. Plukkel | |
| R. Swinkels – D. Vocaturo | |
| M. Muzychuk – B. Bok | |
| S. Kuipers – Z. Peng |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
All 3 marquee games in Group A will be drawn, unless Chucky goes loco and gives away another game. Giri-Howell will be a fighting draw while So will stretch his winning streak. Robson has a 2200 opponent and should win again.
He will if he manage to draw.