After a busy day of chess, which is winding down to just Linares 2009, since Kamsky-Topalov Candidate's is over with GM Veselin Topalov winning.  Aeroflot 2009 finishing the other day as well, I think I can take a deep breath now. Whew.
 Here are the standings after Round 7
 Standings after Round 7
1    5.0  GM Alexander Grischuk RUS 2733
2-3  4.0  GM Vassily Ivanchuk   UKR 2779
          GM Magnus Carlsen     NOR 2776
4-5  3.5  GM Levon Aronian      ARM 2750
          GM Viswanathan Anand  IND 2791
6    3.0  GM Leinier Dominguez  CUB 2717
7-8  2.5  GM Teimour Radjabov   AZE 2761
          GM Wang Yue           CHN 2739
The only decisive game was Levon Aronian vs Vassily Ivanchuk, with GM Ivanchuk winning with the black pieces.
 Round 8 Pairings: Saturday, Feb 28, 2009
T. Radjabov   V. Anand  
M. Carlsen   L. Aronian 
A. Grischuk   L. Dominguez   
V. Ivanchuk   Wang Yue 
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