Boris Savchenko and Yurij Kuzubov leading at the Politiken Cup

Vladimir Malakhov, Peter Heine Nielsen, Alexander A. Evdokimov, Emanuel Berg and Mikheil Mchedlishvili sharing the 3rd

GM Boris Savchenko rejoined GM Yurij Kuzubov in the lead after beating Bartosz Socko in the Italian opening. The Saturday's penultimate round of the 2008 Politiken Cup should determinate the contenders for money prizes.

Round 8 results:
GM Vladimir Malakhov - GM Yurij Kuzubov draw
GM Boris Savchenko - GM Bartosz Socko 1-0
GM Konstantin Landa - GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili draw
GM Artur Kogan - GM Pavel Eljanov draw
GM Jonny Hector - GM Michael Roiz draw
GM Peter Heine Nielsen - GM Jacob Aagaard 1-0
IM Viktorija Cmilyte - GM Sergey Tiviakov draw
GM Michal Krasenkow - GM Alexander A. Evdokimov 0-1
GM Emanuel Berg - IM Ashwin Jayaram 1-0
GM Vitali Golod - IM Oliver Kurmann draw
GM Alexei Iljushin - GM Arkadi Eremeevich Vul 1-0

Round 8 standings:
1-2. GM Yurij Kuzubov 2578 and GM Boris Savchenko 2578 - 7.0
3-7. GM Vladimir Malakhov 2689, GM Peter Heine Nielsen 2652, GM Alexander A. Evdokimov 2555, GM Emanuel Berg 2592 and GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili 2604 - 6½
8-26. GM Michael Roiz 2680, GM Sune Berg Hansen 2542, GM Sergey Tiviakov 2645, GM Vitali Golod 2578, GM Pavel Eljanov 2716, GM Artur Kogan 2569, GM Konstantin Landa 2615, GM Bartosz Socko 2628, GM Jonny Hector 2537, Djurre den Heeten 2278, GM Alexei Iljushin 2546, IM Viktorija Cmilyte 2508, IM Oliver Kurmann 2394, IM Christian Jepson 2358, IM Thomas Engqvist 2363, FM Heini Olsen 2368, Andreas Moen 2297, FM Erik Hedman 2363 and Felix Klein 2241 - 6.0 etc
(280 players)

GM Yurij Kuzubov

Round 9 pairings:
GM Yurij Kuzubov - GM Peter Heine Nielsen
GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili - GM Boris Savchenko
GM Alexander A. Evdokimov - GM Emanuel Berg
GM Pavel Eljanov - GM Vladimir Malakhov
GM Michael Roiz - IM Viktorija Cmilyte
GM Sergey Tiviakov - FM Heini Olsen
GM Bartosz Socko - Andreas Moen
IM Oliver Kurmann - GM Konstantin Landa
IM Thomas Engqvist - GM Vitali Golod
FM Erik Hedman - GM Artur Kogan
Djurre den Heeten - GM Alexei Iljushin

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GM Emanuel Berg

IM Viktorija Cmilyte

GM Vladimir Malakhov