Standings after 8 rounds
| 1. | Aronian, Levon | gm | ARM | 2765 | S | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 2936 |
| 2. | Giri, Anish | gm | NED | 2793 | ½ | A | 1 | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4½ | 2845 |
| 3. | Grischuk, Alexander | gm | RUS | 2771 | ½ | 0 | I | 1 | ½ | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4½ | 2838 |
| 4. | Carlsen, Magnus | gm | NOR | 2853 | ½ | ½ | 0 | N | 1 | 0 | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 2827 |
| 5. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | gm | FRA | 2731 | ½ | . | ½ | 0 | T | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 2845 |
| 6. | Topalov, Veselin | gm | BUL | 2816 | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | L | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 4 | 2795 |
| 7. | Nakamura, Hikaru | gm | USA | 2814 | 0 | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | 0 | O | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4 | 2795 |
| 8. | Anand, Vishy | gm | IND | 2816 | ½ | ½ | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | 0 | U | ½ | ½ | 3 | 2697 |
| 9. | Caruana, Fabiano | gm | USA | 2808 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | I | . | 3 | 2707 |
| 10. | So, Wesley | gm | USA | 2779 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | . | S | 2½ | 2653 |