Round 8 results
| Gelfand, Boris | – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | ½ | |||
| Carlsen, Magnus | – Nakamura, Hikaru | 1-0 | |||
| Andreikin, Dmitry | – Karjakin, Sergey | ½ | |||
| Anand, Viswanathan | – Kramnik, Vladimir | ½ | |||
| Morozevich, Alexander | – Caruana, Fabiano | 0-1 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Hikaru hasn’t given up all hopes of becoming WC, nor has his Great Supporter (5:00:00 PM). He believes in rebirth and is pinning all hopes on becoming chess WC in his next birth in Japan! Best of luck to Hikaru!