Round 2 results
| Aronian, Levon | – Caruana, Fabiano | 0-1 | |
| Carlsen, Magnus | – Karjakin, Sergey | 1-0 | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | – So, Wesley | 0-1 | |
| Svidler, Peter | – Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ |
Standings after 2 rounds
| 1. | Carlsen, Magnus | gm | NOR | 2822 | * | ½ | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1½ | |
| 2. | Caruana, Fabiano | gm | USA | 2807 | ½ | * | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1½ | |
| 3. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | gm | FRA | 2791 | . | . | * | ½ | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1½ | |
| 4. | Nakamura, Hikaru | gm | USA | 2792 | . | . | ½ | * | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | |
| 5. | Anand, Viswanathan | gm | IND | 2783 | . | . | . | ½ | * | . | . | . | ½ | . | 1 | |
| 6. | Karjakin, Sergey | gm | RUS | 2773 | 0 | . | . | . | . | * | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | |
| 7. | So, Wesley | gm | USA | 2810 | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | * | . | . | 1 | 1 | |
| 8. | Aronian, Levon | gm | ARM | 2809 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | * | . | 1 | 1 | |
| 9. | Svidler, Peter | gm | RUS | 2749 | . | . | . | . | ½ | 0 | . | . | * | . | ½ | |
| 10. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | gm | RUS | 2742 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | * | 0 |