Group A
| Round 8 – Sunday the 23rd | |
| V. Anand – L. Aronian | ½-½ |
| A. Shirov – A. Grischuk | |
| A. Giri – W. Hao | 1-0 |
| R. Ponomariov – V. Kramnik | ½-½ |
| E. l’Ami – I. Nepomniachtchi | ½-½ |
| J. Smeets – M. Vachier-Lagrave | 0-1 |
| M. Carlsen – H. Nakamura | 1-0 |
Group B
| Round 8 – Sunday the 23rd | |
| L. Fressinet – D. Navara | ½-½ |
| W. Spoelman – W. So | 0-1 |
| L. Chao – S. Ganguly | ½-½ |
| V. Tkachiev – Z. Efimenko | |
| F. Nijboer – J. Hammer | |
| L. McShane – G. Sargissian | ½-½ |
| R. Wojtaszek – L. Liem | 1-0 |
Group C
| Round 8 – Sunday the 23rd | |
| B. Bok – M. Bluvshtein | 1-0 |
| T. Sachdev – J.W. de Jong | 1-0 |
| R. Pruijssers – M. Kazhgaleyev | |
| M. van der Werf – D. Vocaturo | 0-1 |
| S. Siebrecht – R. van Kampen | 1-0 |
| I. Ivanisevic – I. Nyzhnyk | |
| K. Lahno – D. Swiercz | ½-½ |
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Wesley deserves to be in group A.
that was a long long overdue
consistency is the key…
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Congrats Wesley!! Cant’t Wait for him going in to the Group A.. Keep it Up Wes!
I disagree. Wesley doesn’t belong in Group A…yet.
If he wins Group B, he’ll be invited to join Group A next year which will be terrific for him. But does he belong there? I don’t think so.
Wesley is in the high 2600’s and will be low 2700’s by end of tournament or later this year. To belong in Group A, I submit that you must be mid 2700’s.
How about Smeets or L’Ami??? they aren’t above 2700.. why are they there in Group A? I think Like them Wesley also has a chance to be invited in there in Group A even not winning Group B.. Wesley has the capacity to beat a 2700+ rated players..
Wesley must show consistency first before he can be elevated to Group A. At this point, I believe he’s not there yet.
I think Wesley is more consistent than Smeets or L’Ami.. Look at Smeets performances on Group A right now, he is on the tail of the tournament standings.. Really he is consistent in group A, Consistent of losing his matches..