Round 8 results
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | Yu, Yangyi | ½-½ | |
| Le, Quang Liem | Lu, Shanglei | ½-½ | |
| Malakhov, Vladimir | Ding, Liren | 0-1 | |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | Ponomariov, Ruslan | 1-0 | |
| Wang, Hao | Wei, Yi | ½-½ |
Standings after 8 rounds
| 1. | Wei, Yi | gm | CHN | 2738 | * | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2. | Le, Quang Liem | gm | VIE | 2726 | . | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5 | |
| 3. | Ding, Liren | gm | CHN | 2781 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | . | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 4. | Wang, Hao | gm | CHN | 2698 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | 1 | 4½ | |
| 5. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | gm | AZE | 2712 | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4½ | |
| 6. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | gm | UKR | 2729 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | 4 | |
| 7. | Yu, Yangyi | gm | CHN | 2753 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | . | 1 | 4 | |
| 8. | Ponomariov, Ruslan | gm | UKR | 2699 | 0 | ½ | 0 | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 3 | |
| 9. | Malakhov, Vladimir | gm | RUS | 2722 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | 0 | * | ½ | 2 | |
| 10. | Lu, Shanglei | gm | CHN | 2638 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 2 |