Standings after 2 rounds
| 1. | Hou, Yifan | gm | CHN | 2649 | * | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | |
| 2-6. | Caruana, Fabiano | gm | USA | 2817 | 0 | * | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | |
| 2-6. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | gm | AZE | 2702 | . | 0 | * | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | |
| 2-6. | Carlsen, Magnus | gm | NOR | 2838 | . | . | . | * | ½ | . | ½ | . | 1 | |
| 2-6. | Aronian, Levon | gm | ARM | 2774 | . | . | . | ½ | * | . | . | ½ | 1 | |
| 2-6. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | gm | FRA | 2803 | . | . | 0 | . | . | * | 1 | . | 1 | |
| 7-8. | Bluebaum, Matthias | gm | GER | 2634 | . | . | . | ½ | . | 0 | * | . | ½ | |
| 7-8. | Meier, Georg | gm | GER | 2621 | 0 | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | * | ½ |