Giri-Topalov
(Photo taken from chess-news.ru)
Topalov lost the first game yesterday (remains with 6 points) and now he is just half a point ahead of Anand and 1 point ahead of Nakamura and Giri.
Results of the 8th round
Giri 4 1-0 6 Topalov
Nakamura 4.5 1/2 3 Vachier-Lagrave
Anand 4.5 1-0 2 Hammer
Carlsen 2.5 1-0 3 Aronian
Grischuk 2.5 1/2 3 Caruana
Standings after 5 rounds
Topalov 6
Anand 5.5
Nakamura, Giri 5
Carlsen, Vachier-Lagrave, Caruana 3.5
Aronian, Grischuk 3
Hammer 2
Games of the round
Pairings of the 10th round
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime – Grischuk Alexander
Aronian Levon – Nakamura Hikaru
Hammer Jon Ludvig – Carlsen Magnus
Topalov Veselin – Anand Viswanathan
Caruana Fabiano – Giri Anish