Round 8 results
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Hou, Yifan | 1-0 |
| Laznicka, Viktor | - Sasikiran, Krishnan | 0-1 |
| Negi, Parimarjan | - So, Wesley | 1-0 |
Standings after 8 rounds
| 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2714 | 6½ |
| 2. | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2676 | 5 |
| 3. | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2667 | 4 |
| 4. | Laznicka, Viktor | g | CZE | 2681 | 4 |
| 5. | Negi, Parimarjan | g | IND | 2622 | 2½ |
| 6. | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2612 | 2 |
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