Round 8 top board results:
| Bo. | No. | Name | Bdld | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Bdld | No. | ||
| 1 | 20 | GM | Sanikidze Tornike | 6 | ½ – ½ | 6 | GM | Iordachescu Viorel | 6 | ||
| 2 | 11 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | 5½ | ½ – ½ | 5½ | GM | Baklan Vladimir | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | GM | Negi Parimarjan | 5½ | 0 – 1 | 5½ | GM | Iturrizaga Eduardo | 12 | ||
| 4 | 9 | GM | Volkov Sergey | 5½ | ½ – ½ | 5½ | GM | Ghaem Maghami Ehsan | 18 | ||
| 5 | 15 | GM | Gagunashvili Merab | 5½ | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Balogh Csaba | 4 | ||
| 6 | 1 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Shanava Konstantine | 26 | ||
| 7 | 7 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Malakhatko Vadim | 24 | ||
| 8 | 27 | GM | Ibrahimov Rasul | 5 | 0 – 1 | 5 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | 10 | ||
| 9 | 13 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | GM | Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis | 28 | ||
| 10 | 31 | IM | Lalith Babu M R | 5 | 0 – 1 | 5 | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | 14 | ||
| 11 | 16 | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | GM | Kotanjian Tigran | 29 | ||
| 12 | 17 | GM | Arutinian David | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | 35 | ||
| 13 | 21 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 5 | 0 – 1 | 5 | Ramnath Bhuvanesh R | 51 |
Leaders after 8 rounds:
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Bdld | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | w | we | w-we | |
| 1 | GM | Iturrizaga Eduardo | VEN | 2604 | 6,5 | 17659 | 0,5 | 41,0 | 6,5 | 5,16 | 1,34 | |
| 2 | GM | Iordachescu Viorel | MDA | 2621 | 6,5 | 17627 | 0,5 | 42,0 | 6,5 | 5,38 | 1,12 | |
| 3 | GM | Sanikidze Tornike | GEO | 2566 | 6,5 | 17387 | 1,0 | 41,5 | 6,5 | 5,07 | 1,43 | |
| 4 | GM | Baklan Vladimir | UKR | 2644 | 6,0 | 17751 | 0,0 | 41,0 | 6 | 5,43 | 0,57 | |
| 5 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | BLR | 2601 | 6,0 | 17580 | 0,0 | 39,5 | 6 | 5,25 | 0,75 | |
| 6 | GM | Ghaem Maghami Ehsan | IRI | 2575 | 6,0 | 17437 | 0,0 | 38,5 | 6 | 5,04 | 0,96 | |
| 7 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2606 | 6,0 | 17415 | 0,0 | 42,0 | 6 | 5,45 | 0,55 | |
| 8 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 2609 | 6,0 | 17340 | 0,0 | 39,0 | 6 | 5,60 | 0,40 | |
| 9 | GM | Gagunashvili Merab | GEO | 2582 | 6,0 | 17289 | 0,0 | 39,5 | 6 | 5,40 | 0,60 | |
| 10 | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | ARM | 2582 | 6,0 | 17191 | 0,0 | 36,5 | 6 | 5,55 | 0,45 | |
| 11 | GM | Arutinian David | GEO | 2576 | 6,0 | 17106 | 0,0 | 38,0 | 6 | 5,60 | 0,40 | |
| 12 | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | GEO | 2588 | 6,0 | 16939 | 0,0 | 37,0 | 6 | 5,90 | 0,10 | |
| 13 | GM | Volkov Sergey | RUS | 2612 | 6,0 | 16908 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 6 | 5,92 | 0,08 | |
| 14 | Ramnath Bhuvanesh R | IND | 2360 | 6,0 | 16125 | 0,0 | 34,0 | 6 | 4,85 | 1,15 | ||
| 15 | GM | Negi Parimarjan | IND | 2634 | 5,5 | 17832 | 0,0 | 44,5 | 5,5 | 5,21 | 0,29 | |
| 16 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | ARM | 2675 | 5,5 | 17427 | 0,0 | 39,0 | 5,5 | 5,95 | -0,45 | |
| 17 | GM | Shanava Konstantine | GEO | 2544 | 5,5 | 17377 | 0,0 | 41,5 | 4,5 | 3,96 | 0,54 | |
| 18 | GM | Shengelia David | AUT | 2567 | 5,5 | 17210 | 0,0 | 38,5 | 5,5 | 5,35 | 0,15 | |
| 19 | GM | Savchenko Stanislav | UKR | 2545 | 5,5 | 16934 | 0,0 | 36,5 | 5,5 | 5,49 | 0,01 | |
| 20 | GM | Malakhatko Vadim | BEL | 2548 | 5,5 | 16906 | 0,0 | 35,5 | 5,5 | 5,55 | -0,05 | |
| 21 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | BLR | 2618 | 5,5 | 16788 | 0,0 | 38,5 | 5,5 | 6,25 | -0,75 | |
| 22 | GM | Balogh Csaba | HUN | 2622 | 5,5 | 16686 | 0,0 | 38,5 | 5,5 | 6,32 | -0,82 | |
| 23 | GM | Petrosian Tigran L | ARM | 2612 | 5,5 | 16495 | 0,0 | 34,5 | 4,5 | 5,63 | -1,13 | |
| 24 | GM | Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel | ESP | 2548 | 5,5 | 15996 | 0,0 | 36,0 | 5,5 | 6,64 | -1,14 |
Full standings here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr32429.aspx
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