Round 8 top board results:

1 8 GM Gupta Abhijeet 5½ 1 – 0 6 GM Sokolov Ivan 3
2 13 GM Nataf Igor-Alexandre 5½ 0 – 1 5½ GM Stefansson Hannes 9
3 12 GM Kveinys Aloyzas 5 1 – 0 5½ IM Nyzhnyk Illya 19
4 14 GM Miezis Normunds 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Baklan Vladimir 1
5 2 GM Dreev Alexey 5 1 – 0 5 GM Maze Sebastien 11
6 18 GM Danielsen Henrik 5 0 – 1 5 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 4
7 24 IM Krush Irina 5 0 – 1 5 GM Shulman Yuri 5
8 10 IM Lenderman Alex 5 1 – 0 5 GM Ivanov Mikhail M 23
9 6 GM Ehlvest Jaan 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Thorhallsson Throstur 29
10 22 IM Harika Dronavalli 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Hillarp Persson Tiger 7
11 16 IM Grandelius Nils 4½ 1 – 0 4½ IM Boskovic Drasko 25
12 32 IM Thorfinnsson Bragi 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Romanishin Oleg M 17
13 20 GM Galego Luis 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ WGM Karavade Eesha 31
14 34 IM Kjartansson Gudmundur 4½ 0 – 1 4½ IM Cori Jorge 21

Leaders after 8 rounds:

1 ISL GM Stefansson Hannes ISL 2574 6,5 39,5 30,0 32,25 2691
2 IND GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2577 6,5 38,0 28,5 30,75 2670
3 BIH GM Sokolov Ivan BIH 2649 6,0 41,5 31,0 30,00 2679
4 UKR GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2634 6,0 40,5 30,5 29,25 2650
5 RUS GM Dreev Alexey RUS 2650 6,0 39,5 30,0 29,00 2640
6 USA GM Shulman Yuri USA 2624 6,0 36,5 28,0 26,50 2592
7 LTU GM Kveinys Aloyzas LTU 2536 6,0 35,0 26,5 26,00 2535
8 USA IM Lenderman Alex USA 2560 6,0 35,0 26,5 25,50 2573
9 UKR GM Baklan Vladimir UKR 2654 5,5 42,5 32,0 28,50 2618
10 IND IM Harika Dronavalli IND 2471 5,5 41,5 31,0 27,25 2616
11 UKR IM Nyzhnyk Illya UKR 2495 5,5 41,0 31,0 26,50 2571
12 FRA GM Nataf Igor-Alexandre FRA 2534 5,5 41,0 30,5 26,25 2601
13 PER IM Cori Jorge PER 2483 5,5 39,5 29,5 23,75 2543
14 USA GM Ehlvest Jaan USA 2600 5,5 38,5 28,5 26,25 2548
15 LAT GM Miezis Normunds LAT 2533 5,5 38,0 28,5 24,75 2503
16 SWE IM Grandelius Nils SWE 2515 5,5 34,5 25,0 23,00 2473

Full results here: http://chess-results.com/tnr29384.aspx

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