Round 8 pairings:
Vladimir Kramnik – Peter Leko
Boris Gelfand – Vishy Anand
Magnus Carlsen – Ruslan Ponomariov
Levon Aronian – Vassily Ivanchuk
Alexander Morozevich – Peter Svidler
Standings after 7 rounds:
| 1. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2772 | 5 | 2926 | ||||||||||
| 2-3. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2788 | 4½ | 2860 | ||||||||||
| 2-3. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2739 | 4½ | 2865 | ||||||||||
| 4-6. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2801 | 3½ | 2763 | ||||||||||
| 4-6. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2758 | 3½ | 2762 | ||||||||||
| 4-6. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2786 | 3½ | 2760 | ||||||||||
| 7. | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2739 | 3 | 2714 | ||||||||||
| 8-10. | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2750 | 2½ | 2668 | ||||||||||
| 8-10. | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2754 | 2½ | 2666 | ||||||||||
| 8-10. | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2752 | 2½ | 2657 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Kramnik will continue to run away with this tournament. He’s the true champion.
I am a Kramnik fan too, but it is potty to dismiss the calibre and potential of Anand and Ivanchuk. Kramnik ought to play hard to beat Leko today to give himself some distance going into the last round.
People are starting to see who the true champion is.