report by chessdom
In round 8, Magnus will have a second shot at Wang Yue, the only man he did not beat so far in this tournament. Magnus will have White this time.
Round 8 matchups:
Leko - Topalov
Carlsen - Wang Yue
Jakovenko - Radjabov
Standings after 7 rounds:
| 1. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2772 | 5½ | |||||||||||||
| 2-3. | Wang Yue | g | CHN | 2736 | 3½ | |||||||||||||
| 2-3. | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2813 | 3½ | |||||||||||||
| 4-5. | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2762 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 4-5. | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2757 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 6. | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2742 | 2½ |
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