The 8th round of the on-going Khanty Mansiysk FIDE Grand Prix 2015 proved to be a dramatic one. Nakamura and Dominguez caught up overnight sole-leader Caruana at the top of the table as Jakovenko beat Caruana with the black pieces.
Amongst the other decisive results, Nakamura defeated Jobava in a game which was marred with mutual mistakes, despite the former dominating for the major part of the game. Also, Grischuk overcame Karjakin while Gelfand beat Svidler. This was Gelfand’s first win of the tournament after registering a rally of 7 consecutive draws.
Complete Round 8 Results:
|
Gelfand |
2744 | 1-0 | Svidler | 2734 |
|
Tomashevsky |
2749 | ½-½ | Dominguez |
2734 |
|
Vachier-Lagrave |
2754 | ½-½ | Giri |
2776 |
|
Jobava |
2699 | 0-1 | Nakamura |
2799 |
|
Grischuk |
2780 | 1-0 | Karjakin |
2753 |
|
Caruana |
2803 | 0-1 | Jakovenko |
2738 |