The key battle will be Wang Hao vs Harikrishna in the final round. It is a must win for Hao to catch the leader.
Standings after 8 rounds
1. | Harikrishna, Pentala | gm | IND | 2733 | * | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
2. | Wang, Hao | gm | CHN | 2704 | . | E | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
3. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | gm | UKR | 2733 | ½ | ½ | D | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 5½ | |
4. | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | gm | IND | 2625 | ½ | ½ | ½ | M | ½ | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | ½ | 5½ | |
5. | Shankland, Samuel L | gm | USA | 2656 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | O | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 5 | |
6. | Hambleton, Aman | im | CAN | 2446 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | N | . | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
7. | Pechenkin, Vladimir | fm | CAN | 2314 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | T | 1 | 1 | ½ | 3 | |
8. | Haessel, Dale R. | fm | CAN | 2180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 1 | 0 | O | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
9. | Matras-Clement, Agnieszka | wm | POL | 2269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | N | 1 | 2 | |
10. | Gardner, Robert | CAN | 2133 | 0 | 0 | . | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 |