| Round 5 results | ||||
| Anand, Viswanathan | So, Wesley | ½-½ | ||
| Carlsen, Magnus | Giri, Anish | ½-½ | ||
| Karjakin, Sergey | Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | ||
| Kramnik, Vladimir | Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | ||
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | ||
Standings after 5 rounds
| 1 | Nakamura, Hikaru | GM | USA | 2785 | N | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 3.5 | |||||
| 2 | Aronian, Levon | GM | ARM | 2793 | = | O | = | = | 1 | = | 3 | |||||
| 3 | Kramnik, Vladimir | GM | RUS | 2808 | = | R | = | = | = | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 4 | Caruana, Fabiano | GM | USA | 2808 | = | = | W | = | = | = | 2.5 | |||||
| 5 | Karjakin, Sergey | GM | RUS | 2781 | = | = | A | = | = | = | 2.5 | |||||
| 6 | So, Wesley | GM | USA | 2812 | = | = | Y | = | = | = | 2.5 | |||||
| 7 | Giri, Anish | GM | NED | 2771 | 0 | = | = | 2 | = | 1 | 2.5 | |||||
| 8 | Carlsen, Magnus | GM | NOR | 2832 | = | 0 | = | = | = | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 9 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | GM | FRA | 2796 | 0 | = | = | = | 1 | = | 2 | |||||
| 10 | Anand, Viswanathan | GM | IND | 2786 | 0 | = | = | 0 | = | 7 | 1.5 |