Chessbase has just announced the results of round 8. Magnus Carlsen has finally produced a win and is now in 4th place (4.5/8) with a round to go. It seems unlikely that he'll be able to win in the last round, as he has the black pieces against Peter Leko.
What's more interesting is that Vishy Anand and Vasilly Ivanchuk (in 2nd-3rd place with 5.0/8) both have the white pieces against Aronian and Kramnik respectively. Ivanchuk may go all out and try to beat Kramnik to win the tournament right here (less likely that Anand will take a risk, he's probably saving novelties for his upcoming match with Topalov). As far as the Candidates tournament goes, it's probably safest for Kramnik to just take a draw if he can and not to spoil his chance.
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