Standings after 20 rounds
| Rank | SNo. | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts. | Res. | SB | Vict | |
| 1 | 5 | GM | Ding Liren | 2688 | CHN | 14½ | 0 | 133.00 | 12 |
| 2 | 15 | GM | Harikrishna P. | 2661 | IND | 14 | 0 | 136.50 | 10 |
| 3 | 11 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | 2810 | AZE | 12½ | 0 | 110.75 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | GM | Wang Hao | 2744 | CHN | 12 | ½ | 114.75 | 9 |
| 5 | 8 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | 2733 | RUS | 12 | ½ | 107.25 | 7 |
| 6 | 7 | GM | Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2743 | CUB | 10½ | 0 | 98.75 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2743 | ARM | 10 | 0 | 100.25 | 6 |
| 8 | 10 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2811 | UKR | 9½ | 0 | 99.25 | 8 |
| 9 | 14 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2674 | POL | 9 | 3 | 85.50 | 5 |
| 10 | 16 | GM | Li Chao b | 2651 | CHN | 9 | 2 | 90.00 | 6 |
| 11 | 1 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2713 | FRA | 9 | 2 | 85.00 | 4 |
| 12 | 6 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2748 | AZE | 9 | 1 | 84.75 | 5 |
| 13 | 4 | GM | Navara David | 2739 | CZE | 8½ | 0 | 75.00 | 6 |
| 14 | 13 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2662 | ARM | 7 | ½ | 68.50 | 3 |
| 15 | 9 | GM | Wang Yue | 2694 | CHN | 7 | ½ | 68.00 | 3 |
| 16 | 12 | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2730 | UKR | 6½ | 0 | 55.25 | 5 |