Standings after 5 rounds
| 1. | Giri, Anish | gm | NED | 2755 | * | ½ | ½ | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | gm | RUS | 2740 | ½ | * | . | . | 1 | ½ | . | ½ | 1 | . | 3½ | |
| 3. | Anand, Vishy | gm | IND | 2776 | ½ | . | * | ½ | 0 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 3 | |
| 4. | Li, Chao b | gm | CHN | 2746 | . | . | ½ | * | ½ | . | ½ | . | ½ | 1 | 3 | |
| 5. | Kramnik, Vladimir | gm | RUS | 2808 | . | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | . | ½ | . | . | 2½ | |
| 6. | Aronian, Levon | gm | ARM | 2795 | . | ½ | . | . | ½ | * | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | 2½ | |
| 7. | Mamedyarov, Shak | gm | AZE | 2761 | . | . | 0 | ½ | . | . | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2½ | |
| 8. | Svidler, Peter | gm | RUS | 2745 | 0 | ½ | . | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | . | . | 2 | |
| 9. | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | gm | RUS | 2731 | 0 | 0 | . | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | . | * | . | 1½ | |
| 10. | Gelfand, Boris | gm | ISR | 2743 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | ½ | 0 | . | . | * | ½ |