Melkumyan drew and Rapport caught up with him by winning against Bok. They both are on 7 points out of 8. Savchenko and Banusz have 6.5.
Results of top 5 boards of the 8th round
1 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2655 6½ ½ – ½ 6 GM Savchenko Boris 2596
2 GM Bok Benjamin 2587 5½ 0 – 1 6 GM Rapport Richard 2704
3 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2546 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Fridman Daniel 2639
4 GM Banusz Tamas 2585 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Goganov Aleksey 2604
5 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2595 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2527
Top 10 players after 8 rounds
1 GM Rapport Richard U18 HUN 2704 7.0 32.5 44.0 2865
2 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2655 7.0 32.0 43.0 2846
3 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2596 6.5 30.0 40.5 2695
4 GM Banusz Tamas HUN 2585 6.5 30.0 40.0 2680
5 GM Naroditsky Daniel U20 USA 2587 6.0 32.5 43.5 2678
6 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2653 6.0 32.0 43.0 2702
7 GM Molner Mackenzie USA 2509 6.0 30.0 40.0 2641
8 GM Kveinys Aloyzas LTU 2527 6.0 30.0 39.5 2645
9 GM Fridman Daniel GER 2639 6.0 30.0 39.5 2624
10 IM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. U16 IND 2467 6.0 29.0 38.0 2664
Some games of the round
Pairings of top 5 boards of the 9th (and last) round
1 GM Savchenko Boris 2596 6½ – 7 GM Rapport Richard 2704
2 GM Banusz Tamas 2585 6½ – 7 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2655
3 GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2527 6 – 6 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2653
4 GM Fridman Daniel 2639 6 – 6 Sarana Alexey 2341
5 GM Molner Mackenzie 2509 6 – 6 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2595
