| Round 8 on 2011/07/25 at 15:00 | ||||||||
| Bo. | 10 | Russia | Rtg | – | 9 | Israel | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 1.1 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2746 | – | GM | Roiz Michael | 2669 | 1 – 0 |
| 1.2 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | 2711 | – | GM | Smirin Ilya | 2676 | 1 – 0 |
| 1.3 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2739 | – | GM | Postny Evgeny | 2618 | 1 – 0 |
| 1.4 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2733 | – | GM | Nabaty Tamir | 2584 | 1 – 0 |
| Bo. | 1 | USA | Rtg | – | 8 | Ukraine | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 2.1 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2741 | – | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2768 | ½ – ½ |
| 2.2 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2675 | – | GM | Efimenko Zahar | 2706 | ½ – ½ |
| 2.3 | GM | Seirawan Yasser | 2635 | – | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | 2715 | ½ – ½ |
| 2.4 | GM | Hess Robert | 2609 | – | GM | Areshchenko Alexander | 2682 | 0 – 1 |
| Bo. | 2 | Armenia | Rtg | – | 7 | Azerbaijan | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 3.1 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2805 | – | GM | Radjabov Teimur | 2744 | ½ – ½ |
| 3.2 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2700 | – | GM | Gashimov Vugar | 2760 | ½ – ½ |
| 3.3 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2667 | – | GM | Mamedov Rauf | 2679 | 1 – 0 |
| 3.4 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2663 | – | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2765 | 0 – 1 |
| Bo. | 3 | Egypt | Rtg | – | 6 | Hungary | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 4.1 | GM | Amin Bassem | 2609 | – | GM | Leko Peter | 2717 | ½ – ½ |
| 4.2 | GM | El Gindy Essam | 2510 | – | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2726 | 0 – 1 |
| 4.3 | IM | Shoker Samy | 2475 | – | GM | Polgar Judit | 2699 | 0 – 1 |
| 4.4 | IM | Ezat Mohamed | 2430 | – | GM | Erdos Viktor | 2613 | ½ – ½ |
| Bo. | 4 | China | Rtg | – | 5 | India | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 5.1 | GM | Wang Hao | 2718 | – | GM | Harikrishna Pentala | 2669 | 1 – 0 |
| 5.2 | GM | Wang Yue | 2709 | – | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2681 | 1 – 0 |
| 5.3 | GM | Li Chao B | 2669 | – | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2627 | ½ – ½ |
| 5.4 | GM | Ding Liren | 2654 | – | GM | Negi Parimarjan | 2642 | ½ – ½ |
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Armenia rocks.