Overview
- Nihal Sarin and Matthias Bluebaum drew in 21 moves in Round 8 to remain co-leaders on 6/8 in the Open section.
- Divya Deshmukh defended a rook-and-knight versus rook endgame for six hours to draw Gukesh after 103 moves, moving to 4/8 and half a point ahead of him.
- In the women's event, Kateryna Lagno beat Mariya Muzychuk to take sole lead on 6.5/8 as Bibisara Assaubayeva defeated R Vaishali, who drops into a chasing trio on 6/8 with Assaubayeva and Song Yuxin.
- Vincent Keymer defeated Vidit Gujrathi, becoming the only winner on the top boards and joining the group half a point behind the Open leaders.
- Gukesh, who had lost three straight games to Abhimanyu Mishra, Nikolas Theodorou and Ediz Gurel, sits on 3.5/8 and remains well behind the leaders.