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- Eljanov
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- Gajewski
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- So
Eljanov, who was leading the tournament with 5.5 out of 6 games drew Giri with Black, while two GMs – Gajewski and So won their games. So, there are 3 leaders with 6 points now.
Results of the top 10 boards
1 GM Giri Anish 2722 5 ½ – ½ 5½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2678
2 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2644 5 1 – 0 5 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2715
3 GM Jones Gawain C B 2637 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Yu Yangyi 2688
4 GM So Wesley 2684 5 1 – 0 5 GM Halkias Stelios 2566
5 GM Navara David 2710 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Grandelius Nils 2566
6 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2709 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Shulman Yury 2563
7 GM Ding Liren 2709 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Maze Sebastien 2556
8 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2675 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Yilmaz Mustafa 2531
9 GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2533 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Sokolov Ivan 2644
10 GM Xiu Deshun 2530 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Socko Bartosz 2643
Standings of the top 10 players after 7 rounds (with their ELO gains/losses)
1 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2678 6.0 14.0
2 GM Gajewski Grzegorz POL 2644 6.0 12.5
3 GM So Wesley U20 PHI 2684 6.0 0.0
4 GM Giri Anish U18 NED 2722 5.5 4.7
5 GM Yu Yangyi U18 CHN 2688 5.5 6.8
6 GM Dziuba Marcin POL 2602 5.5 1.3
7 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2709 5.5 2.5
8 IM Wei Yi U14 CHN 2501 5.5 12.6
9 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2637 5.5 4.1
10 GM Ding Liren U20 CHN 2709 5.5 -1.9
Some interesting games of the round
Pairings of the top 10 boards of round 8
1 GM Eljanov Pavel 2678 6 – 6 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2644
2 GM Yu Yangyi 2688 5½ – 6 GM So Wesley 2684
3 GM Amin Bassem 2631 5½ – 5½ GM Giri Anish 2722
4 GM L’ami Erwin 2622 5½ – 5½ GM Cheparinov Ivan 2709
5 GM Ipatov Alexander 2569 5½ – 5½ GM Ding Liren 2709
6 GM Sokolov Ivan 2644 5½ – 5½ GM Dziuba Marcin 2602
7 GM Yilmaz Mustafa 2531 5½ – 5½ GM Jones Gawain C B 2637
8 IM Wei Yi 2501 5½ – 5 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2715
9 GM Williams Simon K 2498 5 – 5 GM Navara David 2710
10 GM Socko Bartosz 2643 5 – 5 GM Stefansson Hannes 2496
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