Standings with 1 round to go:
| 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2770 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | . | 1 | 4½ |
| 2. | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2723 | ½ | * | ½ | . | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4 |
| 3. | Grandelius, Nils | g | SWE | 2556 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | . | 3½ |
| 4-5. | Li, Chao | g | CHN | 2703 | ½ | . | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4-5. | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2693 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | . | ½ | 1 | 3 |
| 6-8. | Berg, Emanuel | g | SWE | 2587 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | . | * | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6-8. | Hector, Jonny | g | SWE | 2560 | . | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 2 |
| 6-8. | Tikkanen, Hans | g | SWE | 2566 | 0 | 0 | . | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 2 |
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