Standings after 8 rounds
| 1. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2802 | 5 |
| 2-5. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2826 | 4½ |
| 2-5. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2763 | 4½ |
| 2-5. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2775 | 4½ |
| 2-5. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2730 | 4½ |
| 6-7. | Anand, Vishy | g | IND | 2811 | 4 |
| 6-7. | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2755 | 4 |
| 8. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2800 | 3½ |
| 9-10. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2758 | 3 |
| 9-10. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2744 | 3 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nakamura rocks.
Prediction: Carlsen, with the black pieces, defeats Nakamura in the final round to take the event.
Topalov will win this one!
Just about everybody -except Naka of course- can win it
Aronian will win it
For Anand as WM it`s a shame to draw all games and not even trying to win one
Cheer up Naka, you can`t win èm all, not even one!? Somebody has to be last!!
There`s always Poker left for you
I don’t even know why Gelfand qualified for the World Title match against Anand?