Round 8 results:
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | – Rodshtein, Maxim | 1-0 |
| Andreikin, Dmitry | – Caruana, Fabiano | ½ |
| Giri, Anish | – So, Wesley | 1-0 |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | – Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | 0-1 |
| Howell, David |
– Negi, Parimarjan | 1-0 |
Standings after 8 rounds:
| 1-2. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2723 | 5 |
| 1-2. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2697 | 5 |
| 3-4. | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | g | VIE | 2617 | 4½ |
| 3-4. | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2650 | 4½ |
| 5-8. | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2672 | 4 |
| 5-8. | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2674 | 4 |
| 5-8. | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2708 | 4 |
| 5-8. | Rodshtein, Maxim | g | ISR | 2609 | 4 |
| 9. | Howell, David |
g | ENG | 2616 | 3 |
| 10. | Negi, Parimarjan | g | IND | 2615 | 2 |
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Fabiano rules.
Yeah Susan here comes tricky Lagrave like i thought, he studied all my tricks like i did Fischer.