Round 9 pairings
| Veselin Topalov |
0-1 |
Magnus Carlsen |
| Vugar Gashimov | 1/2 |
Vishy Anand |
| Etienne Bacrot |
1/2 |
Wang Yue |
Standings after 8 rounds:
| 1. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2826 | 5½ |
| 2-3. | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2716 | 4½ |
| 2-3. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2800 | 4½ |
| 4-5. | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2803 | 3½ |
| 4-5. | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2719 | 3½ |
| 6. | Wang Yue | g | CHN | 2732 | 2½ |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I predict that Topalov will win.
Epic fail. Topalov lost.
Oh, man. Look what they’re doing to his hair. Poor Magnus.
I think Topalov has chance of winning this tournament!