U osmom kolu, na A turniru, Akobian je pobjedio Bortnyka, dok su ostale partije završene remijem. Tako je kolo uoči završetka turnira američki velemajstor Ray Robson osigurao prvo mjesto jer ima 1,5 poena prednosti ispred Jordena Van Foreesta.
Na B turniru odlučene su tri partije. Velemajstor Denis Kadrić je pobjedio ukrajinskog velemajstora Evgenija Shtembuliaka. Najcveće šanse za pobjedu ima kubanski velemajstor Quesada.
2019 Fall Chess Classic A
| Rezultati 8. kola (17. septembar, 2019) | ||||||
| Robson, Ray | – Melkumyan, Hrant | ½-½ | 13 | C92 | Ruy Lopez Chigorin | |
| Lenderman, Aleksandr | – Swiercz, Dariusz | ½-½ | 55 | A06 | Zukertort Opening | |
| Durarbayli, Vasif | – Van Foreest, Jorden | ½-½ | 60 | B97 | Sicilian Najdorf | |
| Ipatov, Alexander | – Smirin, Ilia | ½-½ | 68 | E90 | King’s Indian Classical | |
| Bortnyk, Olexandr | – Akobian, Varuzhan | 0-1 | 40 | C15 | French Winawer | |
Stanje posle 8. kola
| 1. | Robson, Ray | g | USA | 2653 | 6 | |||||
| 2. | Van Foreest, Jorden | g | NED | 2622 | 4½ | |||||
| 3. | Swiercz, Dariusz | g | USA | 2648 | 4 | |||||
| 4. | Melkumyan, Hrant | g | ARM | 2653 | 4 | |||||
| 5. | Akobian, Varuzhan | g | USA | 2618 | 4 | |||||
| 6. | Smirin, Ilia | g | ISR | 2599 | 4 | |||||
| 7. | Lenderman, Aleksandr | g | USA | 2645 | 4 | |||||
| 8. | Durarbayli, Vasif | g | AZE | 2626 | 3½ | |||||
| 9. | Ipatov, Alexander | g | TUR | 2650 | 3½ | |||||
| 10. | Bortnyk, Olexandr | g | UKR | 2602 | 2½ | |||||
Bortnyk,Olexandr (2602) – Akobian,Varuzhan (2618) [C15]
St Louis Fall A 2019 Saint Louis USA (8.2), 17.09.2019
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.Bg5 f6 8.Bf4 Bf5 9.0–0 Qd7 10.Re1 0–0–0 11.Be3 g5 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Nxc3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Nf5 15.Na4 b6 16.b4 Rhe8 17.Rab1 Kb8 18.Nc3 h5 19.a4 h4 20.f3 h3 21.g3 Nxe3 22.Rxe3 Rxe3 23.Qxe3 Qf5 24.Rb2
24…Nxd4 25.Kf2 Nxc2 26.Qe7 Rc8 27.Nb5 a6 28.Qe2 axb5 29.Rxc2 bxa4 30.Ra2 Qd7 31.b5 Re8 32.Qf1 Qe7 33.Qxh3 Qe1+ 34.Kg2 Re2+ 35.Rxe2 Qxe2+ 36.Kg1 Qxb5 37.Qh8+ Kb7 38.Qxf6 a3 39.Qa1 Qb2 40.Qd1
40…a2 0–1
2019 Fall Chess Classic B
Rezultati 8. kola (17. septembar, 2019)
| Table | White | Fed. | Rating | Black | Fed. | Rating | Result | ||
| 1 | GM Zierk, Steven | USA | 2517 | GM Fier, Alexandr | BRA | 2549 | 0-1 | ||
| 2 | GM Grigoryan, Avetik | ARM | 2568 | GM Hambleton, Aman | CAN | 2492 | 1-0 | ||
| 3 | GM Petrosyan, Manuel | ARM | 2613 | GM Mikhalevski, Victor | ISR | 2578 | ½-½ | ||
| 4 | GM Shtembuliak, Evgeny | UKR | 2548 | GM Kadric, Denis | BIH | 2558 | 0-1 | ||
| 5 | GM Hakobyan, Aram | ARM | 2550 | GM Quesada Perez, Yasser | CUB | 2572 | ½-½ |
Stanje posle 8. kola
| Rank | Name | Fed. | Rating | Score | |
| 1 | GM Quesada Perez, Yasser | CUB | 2572 | 5.5 | |
| 2 | GM Hakobyan, Aram | ARM | 2550 | 5.0 | |
| 3 | GM Shtembuliak, Evgeny | UKR | 2548 | 5.0 | |
| 4 | GM Petrosyan, Manuel | ARM | 2613 | 4.5 | |
| 5 | GM Kadric, Denis | BIH | 2558 | 4.5 | |
| 6 | GM Mikhalevski, Victor | ISR | 2578 | 4.0 | |
| 7 | GM Grigoryan, Avetik | ARM | 2568 | 3.5 | |
| 8 | GM Fier, Alexandr | BRA | 2549 | 3.5 | |
| 9 | GM Zierk, Steven | USA | 2517 | 3.5 | |
| 10 | GM Hambleton, Aman | CAN | 2492 | 1.0 |
Shtembuliak,Evgeny (2548) – Kadric,Denis (2558) [E62]
St Louis Fall B 2019 Saint Louis USA (8.4), 17.09.2019
1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 c6 6.0–0 0–0 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.Ng5 e5 9.d5 Qc7 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.b4 h6 12.Nge4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Rd8 14.Nc3 Be6 15.Qb3 f5 16.b5 e4 17.Bb2 Qf7 18.Qa4
18…Nd7 19.bxc6 Nb6 20.Qc2 Nxc4 21.Rac1 Rac8 22.Ba1 Rxc6 23.Nb5 Bxa1 24.Rxa1 Rc5 25.Nd4
25…Ne3 26.Qd2 Nxf1 27.Bxf1 Kh7 28.e3 Bc4 29.Bxc4 Qxc4 30.Rb1 Rd7 31.Kg2 Qd5 32.Rb8 Rb7 33.Rd8 h5 34.a4 Rcc7 35.Qe2 Rb1 36.Nb5 Rc6 37.Rd7+ Kh6 38.Nd4 Rcb6 39.Rxa7 R1b2 40.Qe1 Qa2 41.a5 R6b4 42.a6 f4 43.gxf4
43…Rxd4 44.exd4 Re2 45.Qg1 Qd2 46.Rf7 Qd3 47.a7 Ra2 48.Qf1 Qf3+ 49.Kg1 e3 50.fxe3 Qxe3+ 51.Kh1 Qe4+ 52.Kg1 Qxd4+ 53.Kh1 Qd5+ 54.Kg1 Qxf7 0–1