When was the last time Kramnik, Gelfand, and Shirov all have a minus record in the same tournament? This is exactly what’s happening here. They are all on the negative side with just one round to go.
Round 8 results:
| Karjakin, Sergey | – Kramnik, Vladimir | 1-0 |
| Aronian, Levon | – Grischuk, Alexander | ½ |
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | – Wang Hao | 1-0 |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | – Gelfand, Boris | ½ |
| Shirov, Alexei | – Eljanov, Pavel | 1-0 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Can Kramnik still win this tournament or is he mathematically done?
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Not Kramnik, but Karjakin yes!!!