Harikrishna Pentala

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 .
4. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar gm IND 2625 ½ ½ ½ M ½ 1 1 . 1 ½
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
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