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24.01.2010 Round 8 was played on Sunday 24 January 01.30 PM. In
group A the top matches were Alexei Shirov (5.5) – Magnus Carlsen (5.0), which ended in a daw, and Vladimir Kramnik (4.5) – Hikaru Nakamura (5.0), which was won by the former world champion. Alexei Shirov is leader on 6.0 points, followed by Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik on 5.5 points. Hikaru Nakamura is fourth on 5.0 points. In
group B Anish Giri won (vs David Howell). Dimitri Reinderman won his first game (vs Varuzhan Akobian). The other games were drawn. Anish Giri leads on 6.5 points, followed by a trio on 5.0 points: Hua Ni and Wesley So (who made a draw against each other), and Erwin l’Ami (draw vs Pentala Harikrishna). In
group C Ray Robson leads (6.0 points), followed by Li Chao and Abhijeet Gupta (5.5 points). Photo report by Frits Agterdenbos.
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Entrance of playing hall De Moriaan
Marjan Oudeman (Corus) and daughter at the start of Round 8
Kramnik - Nakamura 1-0
Vassily Ivanchuk
Chief arbiter Pavel Votruba
Alexei Shirov - Magnus Carlsen, and Pavel Votruba
Group C and hostess Nanda
Nils Grandelius defeated Robin Van Kampen in group C
Sjoerd Plukkel, draw versus Ray Robson in group C
Dimitri Reinderman defeated Varuzhan Akobian in group B
Group C, arbiter Alex Roose at work
Zhaoqin Peng defeated Stefan Kuipers in group C
Dimitri Reinderman is on his way to his first victory,Magnus Carlsen is watching
Young audience watching grandmasters
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu - Parimarjan Negi, draw
David Howell is in problems against Anish Giri