Ronda 8
| Ronda 8 el 06.11.2008 a las 16:00 | ||||||||
| SNo. | Nombre | Elo | Res. | Nombre | Elo | SNo. | ||
| 10 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2548 | ½-½ | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2664 | 9 |
| 1 | GM | Gulko Boris F | 2552 | 1-0 | IM | Corrales Jimenez Fidel | 2552 | 8 |
| 2 | GM | Narciso Dublan Marc | 2511 | ½-½ | GM | Kogan Artur | 2561 | 7 |
| 3 | GM | Hernandez Holden | 2580 | ½-½ | GM | Georgiev Kiril | 2645 | 6 |
| 4 | GM | Lopez Martinez Josep M. | 2547 | 0-1 | GM | Dreev Alexey | 2670 | 5 |
Standings after 8 rounds:
| SNo. | Nombre | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts |
| 1 | Gulko Boris F | USA | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5 | |
| 2 | Narciso Dublan Marc | ESP | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 2½ | |
| 3 | Hernandez Carmenates Holden | CUB | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel | ESP | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 4 | |
| 5 | Dreev Alexey | RUS | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6 | |
| 6 | Georgiev Kiril | BUL | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5½ | |
| 7 | Kogan Artur | ISR | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1½ | |
| 8 | Corrales Jimenez Fidel | CUB | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 3½ | |
| 9 | Jobava Baadur | GEO | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 4½ | |
| 10 | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 4½ |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Boris can still win this one.
Go GM Gulko! Win! Shalom!
This is great news – I posted a video recently on YouTube about this living legend of chess. Boris Gulko is a very dynamic and interesting man.
– jrobichess