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