Round 5 results (http://khantymansiysk2015.fide.com)
| 3 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2780 | 1/2 | GM | Gelfand Boris | 2744 | 12 |
| 4 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2803 | 1/2 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2699 | 2 |
| 5 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2738 | 1-0 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2754 | 1 |
| 6 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2753 | 1-0 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | 2749 | 11 |
| 7 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2799 | 1/2 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2734 | 10 |
| 8 | GM | Giri Anish | 2776 | 1/2 | GM | Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2734 | 9 |