1. Anand 4.5
2-3. Shirov, Topalov 4
4-5. Aronian, Carlsen 3.5
6-7. Radjabov, Ivanchuk 3
8. Leko 2.5
Of course, with several days off and a change of scenery, anything can happen in the second half. Here are the pairings:
Anand - Shirov
Ivanchuk - Carlsen
Radjabov - Leko
Aronian - Topalov
The games start tomorrow, and it's possible that I'll be commenting live on playchess.com (the "Fritz"/ChessBase server). (I'll confirm/disconfirm later tonight.) Please support your blogger and tune in! The games start at 9:30 a.m. ET/3:30 p.m. Central European Time.
Updates: I corrected the show time - the right numbers are given now, and I can confirm that I will be doing live commentary on playchess.com for tomorrow's round. Hope to see everyone then!