Round 8 results:
| Motylev, Alexander | – Gashimov, Vugar | 1-0 | |||
| Sutovsky, Emil | – Onischuk, Alexander | ½-½ | |||
| Inarkiev, Ernesto | – Rublevsky, Sergei | 0-1 | |||
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | – Bologan, Viktor | 0-1 | |||
| Efimenko, Zahar | – Shirov, Alexei | ½-½ |
Standings after 8 rounds:
| 1. | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2677 | 6½ | |||||||||||
| 2. | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2730 | 5½ | |||||||||||
| 3. | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2660 | 4½ | |||||||||||
| 4. | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2676 | 4½ | |||||||||||
| 5. | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2684 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 6. | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2690 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 7. | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2702 | 3½ | |||||||||||
| 8. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2700 | 3½ | |||||||||||
| 9. | Efimenko, Zahar | g | UKR | 2682 | 2½ | |||||||||||
| 10. | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2745 | 1½ |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Impressive performance by Motylev. Nice!
Naiditsch castling long, whooaa.