Round 5 results
| Georgiadis, Nico | – Ponomariov, Ruslan | ½-½ | |
| Hou, Yifan | – Navara, David | 1-0 | |
| Leko, Peter | – Harikrishna, P. | ½-½ | |
| Morozevich, Alexander | – Vaganian, Rafael A | 1-0 | |
| Studer, Noel | – Bacrot, Etienne | 0-1 |
Standings after 5 rounds
| 1. | Bacrot, Etienne | gm | FRA | 2715 | * | . | ½ | ½ | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2825 |
| 2. | Hou, Yifan | gm | CHN | 2666 | . | * | ½ | . | . | 1 | ½ | 1 | . | ½ | 3½ | 2805 |
| 3. | Ponomariov, Ruslan | gm | UKR | 2699 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | . | . | 1 | . | ½ | . | 3 | 2695 |
| 4. | Georgiadis, Nico | m | SUI | 2496 | ½ | . | ½ | * | ½ | . | . | ½ | 1 | . | 3 | 2762 |
| 5. | Harikrishna, Pentala | gm | IND | 2737 | . | . | . | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | 1 | 3 | 2652 |
| 6. | Morozevich, Alexander | gm | RUS | 2675 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ½ | * | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2½ | 2683 |
| 7. | Leko, Peter | gm | HUN | 2678 | . | ½ | 0 | . | ½ | . | * | 0 | . | 1 | 2 | 2594 |
| 8. | Navara, David | gm | CZE | 2737 | . | 0 | . | ½ | . | 0 | 1 | * | . | ½ | 2 | 2529 |
| 9. | Vaganian, Rafael A | gm | ARM | 2562 | 0 | . | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | . | . | * | . | 1 | 2424 |
| 10. | Studer, Noel | m | SUI | 2493 | 0 | ½ | . | . | 0 | . | 0 | ½ | . | * | 1 | 2466 |