In the 8th round of FIDE Grand Prix Series tournament, the only effective game was Vsiliy Ivanchuk (Ukraine)-Boris Gelfand (Israel) match, with the former becoming a winner at the 98 move. After new victory, Ukrainian grand master again tops tournament list, together with Peter Leko (Hungary) who played a drawn game with Dmitry Yakovenko (Russia) in the 8th round. Both players have earned 5.5 points.

Third player in tournament list is Kazakh grand master Rustam Kasimdjanov. After 8 rounds, Levon Aronyan shares 4-7th horizons with Sergey Kariakin, Pavel Elianov and Evgeny Alekseev.

Results for 8th round:

Aronyan (Armenia) - Kariakin (Ukraine) - 0.5:0.5
Hakobyan (Armenia) - Bacrot (France) - 0.5:0.5
Leko (Hungary) - Yakovenko (Russia) - 0.5:0.5
Inarkiev (Russia) - Elianov (Ukraine) - 0.5:0.5
Ivanchuk (Ukraine) - Gelfand (Israel) - 1:0
Alekseev (Russia) - Kasimdzhanov (Kazakhstan) - 0.5:0.5
Chaparinov (Bulgaria) - Kamsky (USA) - 0.5-0.5

Tournament position after 8 rounds:
Ivanchuk, Leko - 5.5, Kasimdzhanov - 5, Aronyan, Kariakin, Elianov, Alekseev - 4.5; Gelfand, Bacrot - 4; Yakovenko - 3.5, Hakobyan, Chaparinov, Kamsky - 3, Inarkiev - 1.5.