Round 8 results:
| Gelfand, Boris | – Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | |||
| Radjabov, Teimour | – Ponomariov, Ruslan | ½-½ | |||
| Wang Yue | – Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 0-1 |
Standings after 8 rounds:
| 1. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2813 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2741 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3. | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2740 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4. | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 2672 | 3½ | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2733 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Wang Yue | g | CHN | 2752 | 2½ |
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