U osmom kolu odlučene su dvije partije. Praggnanandhaa je pobjedio Wesley-a So-a i izdvojio se u vođstvu na turniru sa 5 poena. Gukesh je pobjedio Aroniana i sa poslednjeg mjesta napredovao, sa 3,5 poena na sedmo mjesto, uoči poslednjeg kola. Na poslednjem mjestu je trenutno poljski šahista Duda sa 3 poena.
| Rezultati 8.kola 2025/05/15 u 15.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Bo. | FED | Rtg | White | Result | Black | FED | Rtg | |||||||
| 1 | USA | 2747 | GM | Aronian, Levon | 0 – 1 | GM | Gukesh, D | IND | 2787 | |||||
| 2 | POL | 2739 | GM | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | ½ – ½ | GM | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | ROU | 2668 | |||||
| 3 | FRA | 2757 | GM | Firouzja, Alireza | ½ – ½ | GM | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | UZB | 2771 | |||||
| 4 | USA | 2776 | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | ½ – ½ | GM | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2723 | |||||
| 5 | USA | 2751 | GM | So, Wesley | 0 – 1 | GM | Praggnanandhaa, R | IND | 2758 | |||||
Stanje posle 8.kola
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | ||
| 1 | GM | Praggnanandhaa, R | IND | 2758 | 5 | |
| 2 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2723 | 4,5 | |
| 3 | GM | Firouzja, Alireza | FRA | 2757 | 4,5 | |
| 4 | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2776 | 4,5 | |
| 5 | GM | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | ROU | 2668 | 4 | |
| 6 | GM | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | UZB | 2771 | 4 | |
| 7 | GM | Gukesh, D | IND | 2787 | 3,5 | |
| 8 | GM | So, Wesley | USA | 2751 | 3,5 | |
| GM | Aronian, Levon | USA | 2747 | 3,5 | ||
| 10 | GM | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | POL | 2739 | 3 |
Aronian,Levon (2747) – Gukesh D (2787) [C85]
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Re1 Qd6 8.d4 Bg4 9.Nbd2
9…Qxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd1 11.Nxc6 Bxc2 12.Nxe7 Kxe7 13.b3 Bd3 14.Ba3+ Ke6 15.Rac1 Rac8 16.f4
16…exf4 17.e5 Ng4 18.Nf3 h6 19.Nd4+ Kd5 20.e6 Ne3 21.exf7 Kxd4 22.Bb2+ Kd5 23.Bxg7 c5 24.Red1 Ke4 25.Rd2 Rhf8 26.Bxf8 Rxf8 27.Rxc5 Rxf7 28.a4 Bf1 29.Rc8 Bxg2 30.Re8+ Kf5 31.Rxg2 Nxg2 32.Kxg2 Rc7 33.Rf8+ Ke4 34.Rf6 Rc6 35.Rf7 Rb6 36.Re7+ Kf5 37.Rf7+ Ke4 38.Re7+ Kf5 39.Rf7+ Kg5 40.h4+ Kg4 41.Rg7+ Kxh4 42.Kf3 Rxb3+ 43.Kxf4 h5 44.a5 Kh3
0–1
So,Wesley (2751) – Praggnanandhaa R (2758) [A57]
Superbet Chess Classic Romania Bucharest, Romania (8.5), 15.05.2025
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 axb5 6.Bxb5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.Bd2 Qb6 9.Nf3 Nxd5 10.a4 e6 11.e4
11...Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Bxe4 13.Ne5 Qb7 14.Qh5 Bg6 15.Nxg6
15...Qe4+ 16.Kf1 fxg6 17.Qh3 Qf5 18.Qg3 Nc6 19.Qc7 Qd5 20.Bxc6 dxc6 21.h4 Be7 22.Rh3 Rf8 23.Qe5 Bf6 24.Qe2
24...Bd4 25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.h5 Rf6 27.Kg1 Kf7 28.hxg6+ Rxg6 29.g3 d3 30.Qd2 Rg4 31.a5 Re4 32.Rxh7 Kg8 33.Rh4 Re2 34.Qc3 d2 35.Rd1 Rf8 36.Rh2 Qe4 37.Rf1
37...Rf3 38.Qc5 Re1 0–1
