Here are the results of the leaders in round 8:
| 1 | GM Svidler, Peter | 5.5 | RUS | 2723 | GM Gashimov, Vugar | 6.0 | AZE | 2723 | ½-½ | ||
| 2 | GM Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | 5.5 | IND | 2614 | GM Harikrishna, Pentala | 5.5 | IND | 2673 | ½-½ | ||
| 3 | GM Milov, Vadim | 5.5 | SUI | 2669 | GM Kotronias, Vasilios | 5.5 | GRE | 2603 | 1-0 | ||
| 4 | GM Lopez Martinez, Josep Manu | 5.5 | ESP | 2540 | GM Beliavsky, Alexander G | 5.5 | SLO | 2646 | ½-½ | ||
| 5 | GM Nakamura, Hikaru | 5.0 | USA | 2699 | GM Golod, Vitali | 5.0 | ISR | 2575 | 1-0 | ||
| 6 | IM Szabo, Krisztian | 5.0 | HUN | 2508 | GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 5.0 | FRA | 2696 | ½-½ | ||
| 7 | GM Roiz, Michael | 5.0 | ISR | 2647 | GM Pavlovic, Milos | 5.0 | SRB | 2520 | ½-½ | ||
| 8 | GM Avrukh, Boris | 5.0 | ISR | 2645 | IM Hammer, Jon Ludvig | 5.0 | NOR | 2532 | ½-½ | ||
| 9 | GM Hauchard, Arnaud | 5.0 | FRA | 2497 | GM Socko, Bartosz | 5.0 | POL | 2631 | 0-1 | ||
| 10 | GM Dzagnidze, Nana | w | 5.0 | GEO | 2518 | GM Gurevich, Mikhail | 5.0 | TUR | 2624 | ½-½ | |
| 11 | IM Al Sayed, Mohamad N. | 5.0 | QAT | 2488 | GM Akobian, Varuzhan | 5.0 | USA | 2619 | ½-½ | ||
| 12 | GM Sokolov, Ivan | 4.5 | NED | 2657 | IM Papp, Gabor | 5.0 | HUN | 2517 | ½-½ | ||
| 13 | IM D`Costa, Lorin A R | 4.5 | ENG | 2445 | GM Berkes, Ferenc | 4.5 | HUN | 2651 | 0-1 | ||
| 14 | FM Dittmar, Peter | 4.5 | GER | 2382 | GM Berg, Emanuel | 4.5 | SWE | 2606 | 0-1 | ||
| 15 | GM Stefanova, Antoaneta | w | 4.5 | BUL | 2557 | GM Socko, Monika | w | 4.5 | POL | 2449 | 1-0 |
| 24 | Lovik, Lasse Ostebo | 4.5 | NOR | 2184 | IM Krush, Irina | w | 4.5 | USA | 2457 | 1-0 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Go Irina!