USA leads with 13 points, while Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, India, England and Latvia have 12.
Results of the top 5 matches
| 9 |
India (IND) |
Rtg |
– |
2 |
United States of America (USA) |
Rtg |
½ :3½ |
| GM |
|
2752 |
– |
GM |
|
2808 |
½ – ½ |
| GM |
|
2671 |
– |
GM |
|
2789 |
0 – 1 |
| GM |
|
2669 |
– |
GM |
|
2782 |
0 – 1 |
| GM |
|
2640 |
– |
GM |
|
2679 |
0 – 1 |
| 21 |
Latvia (LAT) |
Rtg |
– |
11 |
Netherlands (NED) |
Rtg |
3 : 1 |
| GM |
|
2673 |
– |
GM |
|
2755 |
½ – ½ |
| GM |
|
2651 |
– |
GM |
|
2674 |
1 – 0 |
| GM |
|
2628 |
– |
GM |
|
2640 |
½ – ½ |
| IM |
|
2476 |
– |
GM |
|
2592 |
1 – 0 |
| 1 |
Russia (RUS) |
Rtg |
– |
17 |
Czech Republic (CZE) |
Rtg |
3½: ½ |
| GM |
|
2769 |
– |
GM |
|
2742 |
1 – 0 |
| GM |
|
2731 |
– |
GM |
|
2651 |
1 – 0 |
| GM |
|
2740 |
– |
GM |
|
2591 |
1 – 0 |
| GM |
|
2754 |
– |
GM |
|
2540 |
½ – ½ |
| 18 |
Croatia (CRO) |
Rtg |
– |
4 |
Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) |
Rtg |
½ :3½ |
| GM |
|
2668 |
– |
GM |
|
2761 |
½ – ½ |
| GM |
|
2623 |
– |
GM |
|
2722 |
0 – 1 |
| GM |
|
2622 |
– |
GM |
|
2666 |
0 – 1 |
| GM |
|
2584 |
– |
GM |
|
2688 |
0 – 1 |
| 20 |
Georgia (GEO) |
Rtg |
– |
30 |
Romania (ROU) |
Rtg |
3 : 1 |
| GM |
|
2665 |
– |
GM |
|
2618 |
1 – 0 |
| GM |
|
2609 |
– |
GM |
|
Parligras, Mircea-Emilian |
|
2595 |
½ – ½ |
| GM |
|
2601 |
– |
IM |
|
2524 |
1 – 0 |
| GM |
|
2575 |
– |
GM |
|
2554 |
½ – ½ |
Some games of the round
Pairings of top 5 matches of the 8th round
| RUS |
Russia |
22 |
12 |
|
: |
13 |
21½ |
United States of America |
USA |
| GEO |
Georgia |
20 |
12 |
|
: |
12 |
19 |
Ukraine |
UKR |
| ENG |
England |
18½ |
12 |
|
: |
12 |
19½ |
India |
IND |
| AZE |
Azerbaijan 1 |
20½ |
11 |
|
: |
12 |
18½ |
Latvia |
LAT |
| ITA |
Italy |
18½ |
11 |
|
: |
11 |
20 |
Iran |
IRI |
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