Najer leads Moscow Open with 1 to go

Standings after 8 rounds:

1 GM Najer Evgeniy 2605 RUS 7,0
2 GM Svetushkin Dmitry 2588 MDA 6,5
3 GM Yemelin Vasily 2539 RUS 6,5
4 GM Smirnov Pavel 2621 RUS 6,5
5 GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas 2579 KAZ 6,5
6 GM Bocharov Dmitry 2602 RUS 6,0
7 GM Malakhov Vladimir 2663 RUS 6,0
8 GM Dreev Alexey 2658 RUS 6,0
9 GM Yakovich Yuri 2577 RUS 6,0
10 IM Grachev Boris 2563 RUS 6,0
11 GM Novikov Stanislav 2535 RUS 6,0
12 GM Korotylev Alexey 2615 RUS 6,0
13 GM Vorobiov Evgeny E 2563 RUS 6,0
14 GM Dobrov Vladimir 2479 RUS 6,0
15 GM Khismatullin Denis 2599 RUS 6,0
16 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2601 BLR 6,0

Critical last round pairings:

GM Najer Evgeniy 2605 7 – 6½ GM Svetushkin Dmitry 2588
GM Smirnov Pavel 2621 6½ – 6½ GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas 2579
GM Khismatullin Denis 2599 6 – 6½ GM Yemelin Vasily 2539

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