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GMs Onischuk and Petrosian lead the event with 6.5 points after 8 rounds.
Top results of the 8th round
1 GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2651 5½ 1 – 0 6 GM Nigalidze Gaioz GEO 2536
2 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2688 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2672
3 GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2614 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2599
4 GM Areshchenko Alexander UKR 2661 5 1 – 0 5½ GM Grover Sahaj IND 2505
5 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2681 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ROU 2580
6 GM Shankland Samuel L USA 2642 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Paichadze Luka GEO 2561
7 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2625 5 1 – 0 5 GM Gopal G.N. IND 2580
8 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2625 5 1 – 0 5 GM Sengupta Deep IND 2566
9 GM Babujian Levon ARM 2471 5 0 – 1 5 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo UKR 2621
10 GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2533 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Pashikian Arman ARM 2617
Top players after 8 rounds
1 GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2614 6.5 38.0 30.00 2544
2 GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2651 6.5 37.5 30.50 2566
3 GM Nigalidze Gaioz GEO 2536 6.0 41.0 31.50 2616
4 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2688 6.0 40.0 28.50 2585
5 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2672 6.0 38.0 27.75 2551
6 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo UKR 2621 6.0 36.0 26.25 2543
7 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2599 6.0 34.5 26.75 2453
8 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2625 6.0 34.5 25.25 2497
9 GM Areshchenko Alexander UKR 2661 6.0 33.5 25.50 2497
10 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2625 6.0 32.5 25.00 2415
Games of the round
Top pairings of the 9th round
1 GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2614 6½ – 6½ GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2651
2 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2688 6 – 6 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2625
3 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2672 6 – 6 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2599
4 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo UKR 2621 6 – 6 GM Areshchenko Alexander UKR 2661
5 GM Nigalidze Gaioz GEO 2536 6 – 6 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2625
6 GM Abasov Nijat AZE 2509 5½ – 5½ GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2681
7 GM Grover Sahaj IND 2505 5½ – 5½ GM Shankland Samuel L USA 2642
8 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2632 5½ – 5½ GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2533
9 GM Pashikian Arman ARM 2617 5½ – 5½ GM Hayrapetyan Hovik ARM 2441
10 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2599 5½ – 5½ IM Lodhi Mahmood PAK 2328