Round 8 results
| Hikaru Nakamura | – | Wang Hao | 0 – 1 | |
| Magnus Carlsen | – | Victor Bologan | 1 – 0 | |
| Etienne Bacrot | – | Anish Giri | 0 – 1 |
Standings after 8 rounds
| ELO | games | points | |||
| 1. | Magnus Carlsen | 2837 | NOR | 8 | 16 |
| Wang Hao | 2739 | CHN | 8 | 16 | |
| 3. | Anish Giri | 2696 | NED | 8 | 15 |
| 4. | Hikaru Nakamura | 2778 | USA | 8 | 10 |
| 5. | Etienne Bacrot | 2713 | FRA | 8 | 6 |
| 6. | Victor Bologan | 2732 | MDA | 6 | 1 |
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