GM Zhao from Australia became the leader of the tournament (7 points) after winning against GM Short in round 8. Four players – IM Wan and GMs Gustafsson, Hansen and Schebler are on 6.5
Top 10 board results of round 8 (view all here)
1 GM Schebler Gerhard 2445 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561
2 GM Short Nigel D 2697 5½ 0 – 1 6 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537
3 GM Gustafsson Jan 2621 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Horvath Adam 2509
4 IM Wang Chen 2485 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Koneru Humpy 2597
5 IM Wan Yunguo 2494 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Lu Shanglei 2562
6 GM Megaranto Susanto 2541 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ IM Saptarshi Roy 2426
7 GM Laylo Darwin 2491 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2527
8 WGM Bulmaga Irina 2389 5 0 – 1 5 GM Vajda Levente 2632
9 GM Barbosa Oliver 2563 5 1 – 0 5 FM Menkinoski Riste 2370
10 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2341 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Paragua Mark 2557
Top 10 players after 8th rounds with ELO gain/loss (view full standings here)
1 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan AUS 2537 2537 7.0 2749 19.1
2 IM Wan Yunguo CHN 2494 2494 6.5 2619 13.9
3 GM Gustafsson Jan GER 2621 2621 6.5 2662 5.9
4 GM Hansen Sune Berg DEN 2561 2561 6.5 2638 8.7
5 GM Schebler Gerhard GER 2445 2445 6.5 2496 8.9
6 IM Saptarshi Roy IND 2426 2426 6.0 2645 23.8
7 IM Wang Chen CHN 2485 2485 6.0 2582 12.6
8 GM Koneru Humpy IND 2597 2597 6.0 2582 0.9
9 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr PHI 2527 2527 6.0 2631 12.8
10 GM Laylo Darwin PHI 2491 2491 6.0 2544 7.2
Some games from recent rounds (you can download games from rounds 1 to 8 here)
Pairings of the 9th round (view all of them here)
1 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537 7 6½ IM Wan Yunguo 2494
2 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561 6½ 6½ GM Gustafsson Jan 2621
3 GM Vajda Levente 2632 6 6½ GM Schebler Gerhard 2445
4 GM Koneru Humpy 2597 6 6 GM Venkatesh M.R. 2508
5 IM Saptarshi Roy 2426 6 6 GM Barbosa Oliver 2563
6 GM Laylo Darwin 2491 6 6 GM Megaranto Susanto 2541
7 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2527 6 6 IM Wang Chen 2485
8 GM Short Nigel D 2697 5½ 6 GM Czebe Attila 2479
9 GM Lu Shanglei 2562 5½ 5½ Nouri Hamed 2356
10 GM Paragua Mark 2557 5½ 5½ WGM Kulkarni Bhakti 2231