Naiditsch lost his second game of the tournament to fall back into a tie for 1st with former European Champion Nisipeanu and Almasi.
Round 8 results:
GM Naiditsch, Arkadij GER 2638 – GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2675 0-1
GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU 2684 – GM Almasi, Zoltan HUN 2667 ½-½
GM Mikhalevski, Victor ISR 2632 – GM Balogh, Csaba HUN 2575 ½-½
Standings after 8 rounds:
1 GM Naiditsch, Arkadij 4.5 GER 2638
2-3 GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 4.5 ROU 2684
2-3 GM Almasi, Zoltan 4.5 HUN 2667
4 GM Balogh, Csaba 4.0 HUN 2575
5 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco 3.5 ESP 2675
6 GM Mikhalevski, Victor 3.0 ISR 2632
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I pick Almasi and Nisipeanu to win this tournament.