With one round to go, here are the standings at the 8th Poikovsky Karpov tournament.
Round 8 Standings:
1. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2691 5.5
2-4. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2663, Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2658, Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2677 4.5
5-6. Istratescu, Andrei g ROM 2619, Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2661 4.0
7-8. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2658, Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2629 3.5
9-10. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2649, Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2643 3.0
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Jakovenko broke the 2700 mark!
And Jakovenko wins Poikovsky with 6.0 points. He played safe (read: quick draw) in his last game against Pengxiang.