Round 8 top board pairings
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | ||
| 1 | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | 2705 | 5½ | 6 | GM | Azarov Sergei | 2667 | |
| 2 | GM | Korobov Anton | 2679 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | 2695 | |
| 3 | GM | Istratescu Andrei | 2633 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2693 | |
| 4 | GM | Matlakov Maxim | 2632 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Bologan Viktor | 2687 | |
| 5 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2684 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Khismatullin Denis | 2656 | |
| 6 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2682 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | 2615 | |
| 7 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2767 | 5 | 5½ | GM | Jones Gawain C B | 2635 | |
| 8 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2729 | 5 | 5 | GM | Ragger Markus | 2654 | |
| 9 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | 2653 | 5 | 5 | GM | Riazantsev Alexander | 2710 | |
| 10 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2709 | 5 | 5 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2664 | |
| 11 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2706 | 5 | 5 | GM | Ivanisevic Ivan | 2645 | |
| 12 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2706 | 5 | 5 | GM | Fridman Daniel | 2653 | |
| 13 | GM | Laznicka Viktor | 2702 | 5 | 5 | GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | 2643 | |
| 14 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2702 | 5 | 5 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | 2640 | |
| 15 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2700 | 5 | 5 | GM | Khenkin Igor | 2632 | |
| 16 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2626 | 5 | 5 | GM | Dreev Aleksey | 2698 | |
| 17 | GM | Volokitin Andrei | 2695 | 5 | 5 | GM | Lenic Luka | 2637 | |
| 18 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2693 | 5 | 5 | GM | Khairullin Ildar | 2626 | |
| 19 | GM | L’ami Erwin | 2611 | 5 | 5 | GM | Andreikin Dmitry | 2689 | |
| 20 | GM | Stocek Jiri | 2606 | 5 | 5 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2682 | |
| 21 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2674 | 5 | 5 | GM | Smeets Jan | 2610 | |
| 22 | GM | Gabrielian Artur | 2554 | 5 | 5 | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | 2666 |
Full pairings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr66864.aspx
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