Top individual performance after 8 rounds:
| 1 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2747 | Russia 1 | 3040 | 6,5 | 7 | 92,9 | 4 |
| 2 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2754 | Ukraine | 3033 | 6,5 | 7 | 92,9 | 1 |
| 3 | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | 2599 | Georgia | 2937 | 5,5 | 6 | 91,7 | 4 |
| 4 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2665 | Israel | 2890 | 5,0 | 6 | 83,3 | 2 |
| 5 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2783 | Armenia | 2834 | 5,0 | 7 | 71,4 | 1 |
| 6 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | 2706 | Russia 2 | 2829 | 5,0 | 7 | 71,4 | 1 |
| 7 | GM | Teterev Vitaly | 2511 | Belarus | 2819 | 6,0 | 7 | 85,7 | 3 |
| 8 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | 2641 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 2815 | 4,5 | 6 | 75,0 | 1 |
| 9 | GM | Wang Hao | 2724 | China | 2809 | 6,5 | 8 | 81,3 | 2 |
| 10 | GM | Efimenko Zahar | 2683 | Ukraine | 2804 | 6,5 | 8 | 81,3 | 4 |
| 11 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | 2691 | Russia 2 | 2785 | 4,0 | 6 | 66,7 | 2 |
| 12 | GM | Laznicka Viktor | 2690 | Czech Republic | 2772 | 6,0 | 8 | 75,0 | 2 |
| 13 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2710 | Georgia | 2771 | 5,5 | 8 | 68,8 | 1 |
| 14 | GM | Polgar Judit | 2682 | Hungary | 2770 | 5,5 | 8 | 68,8 | 3 |
| 15 | GM | Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2685 | Uzbekistan | 2769 | 4,5 | 6 | 75,0 | 1 |
Top women performers:
| 1 | IM | Danielian Elina | 2466 | Armenia | 2646 | 7,0 | 8 | 87,5 | 1 |
| 2 | GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2573 | Russia 1 | 2641 | 5,0 | 7 | 71,4 | 1 |
| 3 | IM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2565 | Russia 1 | 2628 | 6,5 | 8 | 81,3 | 2 |
| 4 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | 2467 | Germany | 2618 | 5,5 | 7 | 78,6 | 1 |
| 5 | IM | Gaponenko Inna | 2469 | Ukraine | 2610 | 5,5 | 6 | 91,7 | 4 |
| 6 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2578 | China | 2606 | 6,5 | 8 | 81,3 | 1 |
| 7 | WGM | Chelushkina Irina | 2325 | Serbia | 2592 | 5,0 | 6 | 83,3 | 2 |
| 8 | IM | Bodnaruk Anastasia | 2399 | Russia 2 | 2575 | 5,5 | 6 | 91,7 | 4 |
| 9 | WGM | Marrero Lopez Yaniet | 2324 | Cuba | 2574 | 6,5 | 7 | 92,9 | 3 |
| 10 | IM | Khukhashvili Sopiko | 2422 | Georgia | 2563 | 4,5 | 5 | 90,0 | 4 |
| 11 | WGM | Mamedjarova Zeinab | 2234 | Azerbaijan | 2555 | 6,0 | 8 | 75,0 | 1 |
| 12 | WGM | Ju Wenjun | 2516 | China | 2543 | 6,5 | 8 | 81,3 | 2 |
| 13 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2534 | Georgia | 2532 | 5,0 | 7 | 71,4 | 1 |
| 14 | IM | Muzychuk Anna | 2535 | Slovenia | 2521 | 4,5 | 7 | 64,3 | 1 |
| 15 | IM | Harika Dronavalli | 2515 | India | 2520 | 5,5 | 8 | 68,8 | 1 |
Source: Chess Results
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Imagine where Ukraine would be with Karjakin.