Results of round 8 : 1 TAMENORI Hideshi (300) -- ROSE Brian (177) 30/34 2 SEELEY Ben (4043) -- SHIFMAN Benyamin (879) 55/09 3 NICOLET Stephane (433) -- SUEKUNI Makoto (698) 32/32 4 SPERANDIO Roberto (2844) -- LAZARD Emmanuel (11) 33/31 5 BERG Matthias (5301) -- KINOSHITA Hisako (5504) 50/14 6 VAN DEN BIGGELAAR Nicky (5105) -- VORACEK Miroslav (4501) 20/44 7 FU Velma (4073) -- HOEHNE Andreas (5300) 30/34 8 CASPARD Emmanuel (355) -- FU Jacky (4001) 21/43 9 KRACZYK Roman (4048) -- BARNABA Donato (407) 18/46 10 KIM Kwan Soo (4035) -- FELDBORG Karsten (92) 34/30 11 ZIEBA Arkadiusz (4064) -- BRIGHTWELL Graham (73) 34/30 12 STANZIONE Pierluigi (2843) -- LEADER Imre (79) 26/38 13 HUHTAMAKI Riku (1633) -- ENG Martin (1492) 26/38 14 VALLUND Henrik (96) -- PECZKOWSKI Pawel (5700) 19/45 15 CORDY Alexandre (482) -- HANDEL Michael (324) 41/23 16 DOUSSE Stephane (4051) -- PIHLAJAPURO Lari (1625) 15/49 17 MADRONA Mario (4850) -- OH Joung-Mok (4074) 46/18 18 FRANSSON-JOHNSSON Joel (1509) -- WILLIAMS Eddie (4061) 37/27 19 HAUGLAND Jan Kristian (1868) -- GREGERSEN Jonas Lindholt (1046) 40/24 20 ANDRIANI Bintsa (45) -- ORTIZ George (148) 17/47 21 YE Liya (5322) -- BOE Alexander (1878) 06/58 22 CORIO Marc (4013) -- KAMPHUIS Leon (5121) 22/42 23 PRIDMORE Ben (4019) -- ANDERSSON Goran (1483) 24/40 24 SHAMAN David (178) -- BERG Robert (1993) 26/38 25 CHUNG Jihoon (4075) -- SCHOTTE Tom (2795) 14/50 26 KOPPINEN Jussi (1627) -- RADZIVILOVSKY Pavel (4028) 45/19 27 STASTNA Jan (4502) -- BOARDMAN Lisa (4070) 47/17 28 HUBBARD Geoff (804) -- BRAUN Holger (5069) 21/43 29 BUDINO Ricardo (4852) -- PEPERKAMP Marcel (2799) 21/43 30 DOUDA Tomas (4617) -- SHIFMAN Leonid (880) 29/35 31 DANTAS Daniel (4071) -- SERRANO Miguel Angel (4851) 17/47 Ranking of the 62 players after round 8: 1: 7. pts [586] SEELEY Ben (4043) {USA} [543] ROSE Brian (177) {USA} 3: 6.5 pts [577] SUEKUNI Makoto (698) {JPN} 4: 6. pts [551] TAMENORI Hideshi (300) {JPN} [518] VORACEK Miroslav (4501) {CZE} [511] BERG Matthias (5301) {GER} [483] SPERANDIO Roberto (2844) {ITA} 8: 5.5 pts [519] NICOLET Stephane (433) {FRA} [513] FU Jacky (4001) {HKG} [506] BARNABA Donato (407) {ITA} [504] HOEHNE Andreas (5300) {GER} 12: 5. pts [509] KINOSHITA Hisako (5504) {JPN} [503] LAZARD Emmanuel (11) {FRA} [490] LEADER Imre (79) {GBR} [487] ENG Martin (1492) {SWE} [485] KIM Kwan Soo (4035) {KOR} SHIFMAN Benyamin (879) {ISR} [480] PECZKOWSKI Pawel (5700) {POL} [472] ZIEBA Arkadiusz (4064) {POL} [423] CORDY Alexandre (482) {BEL} 21: 4.5 pts [489] PIHLAJAPURO Lari (1625) {FIN} [484] CASPARD Emmanuel (355) {FRA} [474] VAN DEN BIGGELAAR Nicky (5105) {NED} [470] FU Velma (4073) {HKG} [466] MADRONA Mario (4850) {ESP} 26: 4. pts [520] VALLUND Henrik (96) {DEN} [514] FELDBORG Karsten (92) {DEN} [509] STANZIONE Pierluigi (2843) {ITA} [503] BRIGHTWELL Graham (73) {GBR} [478] ANDERSSON Goran (1483) {SWE} [467] HUHTAMAKI Riku (1633) {FIN} [461] HANDEL Michael (324) {GBR} [441] KRACZYK Roman (4048) {POL} [435] BOE Alexander (1878) {NOR} [420] ORTIZ George (148) {AUS} [409] FRANSSON-JOHNSSON Joel (1509) {SWE} KAMPHUIS Leon (5121) {NED} [407] HAUGLAND Jan Kristian (1868) {NOR} 39: 3.5 pts [434] SCHOTTE Tom (2795) {BEL} [430] DOUSSE Stephane (4051) {SUI} [399] BERG Robert (1993) {NOR} 42: 3. pts [446] OH Joung-Mok (4074) {KOR} [443] GREGERSEN Jonas Lindholt (1046) {DEN} [420] STASTNA Jan (4502) {CZE} [418] KOPPINEN Jussi (1627) {FIN} [417] BRAUN Holger (5069) {GER} [403] WILLIAMS Eddie (4061) {USA} [396] PRIDMORE Ben (4019) {GBR-2} [394] CORIO Marc (4013) {CAN} [383] YE Liya (5322) {CHN} [362] ANDRIANI Bintsa (45) {MDG} 52: 2.5 pts [425] SHAMAN David (178) {NED} [397] PEPERKAMP Marcel (2799) {BEL} [333] SHIFMAN Leonid (880) {ISR} 55: 2. pts [417] HUBBARD Geoff (804) {AUS} [372] CHUNG Jihoon (4075) {KOR} DOUDA Tomas (4617) {CZE} [369] SERRANO Miguel Angel (4851) {ESP} [340] RADZIVILOVSKY Pavel (4028) {ISR} [325] BOARDMAN Lisa (4070) {AUS} [323] BUDINO Ricardo (4852) {ESP} 62: 0. pt [257] DANTAS Daniel (4071) {BRA} Ranking of the 25 teams after round 8: JPN 17.5 pts USA 17 pts ITA 15.5 pts FRA 15 pts GER 14.5 pts POL 14 pts GBR 13 pts SWE 13 pts FIN 11.5 pts NOR 11.5 pts BEL 11 pts CZE 11 pts DEN 11 pts NED 11 pts HKG 10 pts KOR 10 pts ISR 9.5 pts ESP 8.5 pts AUS 8 pts SUI 3.5 pts CAN 3 pts CHN 3 pts GBR-2 3 pts MDG 3 pts BRA 0 pts