Round 8 top board results:
| 1 | 8 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 5½ | 1 – 0 | 6 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | 3 | ||
| 2 | 13 | GM | Nataf Igor-Alexandre | 5½ | 0 – 1 | 5½ | GM | Stefansson Hannes | 9 | ||
| 3 | 12 | GM | Kveinys Aloyzas | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5½ | IM | Nyzhnyk Illya | 19 | ||
| 4 | 14 | GM | Miezis Normunds | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Baklan Vladimir | 1 | ||
| 5 | 2 | GM | Dreev Alexey | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | GM | Maze Sebastien | 11 | ||
| 6 | 18 | GM | Danielsen Henrik | 5 | 0 – 1 | 5 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | 4 | ||
| 7 | 24 | IM | Krush Irina | 5 | 0 – 1 | 5 | GM | Shulman Yuri | 5 | ||
| 8 | 10 | IM | Lenderman Alex | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | GM | Ivanov Mikhail M | 23 | ||
| 9 | 6 | GM | Ehlvest Jaan | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | GM | Thorhallsson Throstur | 29 | ||
| 10 | 22 | IM | Harika Dronavalli | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | GM | Hillarp Persson Tiger | 7 | ||
| 11 | 16 | IM | Grandelius Nils | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | IM | Boskovic Drasko | 25 | ||
| 12 | 32 | IM | Thorfinnsson Bragi | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Romanishin Oleg M | 17 | ||
| 13 | 20 | GM | Galego Luis | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | WGM | Karavade Eesha | 31 | ||
| 14 | 34 | IM | Kjartansson Gudmundur | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | IM | Cori Jorge | 21 |
Leaders after 8 rounds:
| 1 |  |
GM | Stefansson Hannes | ISL | 2574 | 6,5 | 39,5 | 30,0 | 32,25 | 2691 | ||||||
| 2 | |
GM | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2577 | 6,5 | 38,0 | 28,5 | 30,75 | 2670 | ||||||
| 3 | |
GM | Sokolov Ivan | BIH | 2649 | 6,0 | 41,5 | 31,0 | 30,00 | 2679 | ||||||
| 4 | |
GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | UKR | 2634 | 6,0 | 40,5 | 30,5 | 29,25 | 2650 | ||||||
| 5 | |
GM | Dreev Alexey | RUS | 2650 | 6,0 | 39,5 | 30,0 | 29,00 | 2640 | ||||||
| 6 | |
GM | Shulman Yuri | USA | 2624 | 6,0 | 36,5 | 28,0 | 26,50 | 2592 | ||||||
| 7 | |
GM | Kveinys Aloyzas | LTU | 2536 | 6,0 | 35,0 | 26,5 | 26,00 | 2535 | ||||||
| 8 | |
IM | Lenderman Alex | USA | 2560 | 6,0 | 35,0 | 26,5 | 25,50 | 2573 | ||||||
| 9 | |
GM | Baklan Vladimir | UKR | 2654 | 5,5 | 42,5 | 32,0 | 28,50 | 2618 | ||||||
| 10 | |
IM | Harika Dronavalli | IND | 2471 | 5,5 | 41,5 | 31,0 | 27,25 | 2616 | ||||||
| 11 | |
IM | Nyzhnyk Illya | UKR | 2495 | 5,5 | 41,0 | 31,0 | 26,50 | 2571 | ||||||
| 12 | |
GM | Nataf Igor-Alexandre | FRA | 2534 | 5,5 | 41,0 | 30,5 | 26,25 | 2601 | ||||||
| 13 | |
IM | Cori Jorge | PER | 2483 | 5,5 | 39,5 | 29,5 | 23,75 | 2543 | ||||||
| 14 | |
GM | Ehlvest Jaan | USA | 2600 | 5,5 | 38,5 | 28,5 | 26,25 | 2548 | ||||||
| 15 | |
GM | Miezis Normunds | LAT | 2533 | 5,5 | 38,0 | 28,5 | 24,75 | 2503 | ||||||
| 16 | |
IM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2515 | 5,5 | 34,5 | 25,0 | 23,00 | 2473 |
Full results here: http://chess-results.com/tnr29384.aspx
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