Karpov stunned

This opened a pandora8217;s box and Lautier came up with a stunning sacrifice on 26th move. To avoid loss of his Queen Karpov had to lose an exchange.

Lautier handled the final part with precision and Karpov resigned the game on 43rd move.Anand had learnt his lesson well after a shock defeat from Vadim Milov in the previous round. He employed his usual Queen8217;s Gambit accepted with the RESULTS: 8th round: Joel Lautier 3.5 bt A Karpov 5, B Gelfend 3.5 drew with Viswanathan Anand 5.5, V Milov 3.5 lost to Y Pelletier 2.

MOVES

Gelfand vs Anand

Queens Gambit d27: 1 d4 d5, 2 Nf3 e6, 3 c4 dxc4, 4 e3 Nf6, 5 Bxc4 c5, 6 0-0 a6, 7 Bd3 cxd4, 8 exd4 Be7, 9 Ne5 Nc6, 10 Nxc6 Bxc6, 11 Be3 0-0, 12 Qc2 Qc7, 13 Nd2 h6, 14 Rac1 Bb7, 15 Ne4 Nd5, 16 Qe2 Rfd8, 17 Rfd1 a5, 18 Nc5 Nxe3, 19 Fxe3 Bd6, 20 h3 a4, 21 Be4 Ra5, 22 Nxb7 Qxb7, 23 Rxc6 Qb8, 24 Rdc1 g6, 25 R1c2 Ra7, 26 Qc4 Kg7, 27 Bf3 Be7, 28 Rc7 Bg5, 29 Kf2 Bh4, 30 Kg1 Bg5, 31 Kf2 Bh4, 32 Kg1 draw.