Serbian GM Branko Damljanovic (2565) entered into sole lead with a win over GM Dragan Kosic (2487), moving to 6.0/7.
India’s IM N. Srinath (2464) won his seventh round game to move to 5.0/7 meanwhile Md. Nubairshah Shaikh (2423) drew his game to move to 4.5/7.
Check the Round 8 pairings here.