| Round 2 results | ||||
| Anand, Viswanathan | Kramnik, Vladimir | 0-1 | ||
| Caruana, Fabiano | Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | ||
| Giri, Anish | Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ | ||
| Nakamura, Hikaru | Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | ||
| So, Wesley | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | ||
Standings after 2 rounds
| 1 | Kramnik, Vladimir | GM | RUS | 2808 | N | = | 1 | 1.5 | ||||||||
| 2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | GM | USA | 2785 | O | = | 1 | 1.5 | ||||||||
| 3 | Aronian, Levon | GM | ARM | 2793 | = | R | = | 1 | ||||||||
| 4 | Karjakin, Sergey | GM | RUS | 2781 | = | W | = | 1 | ||||||||
| 5 | Carlsen, Magnus | GM | NOR | 2832 | A | = | = | 1 | ||||||||
| 6 | So, Wesley | GM | USA | 2812 | = | Y | = | 1 | ||||||||
| 7 | Caruana, Fabiano | GM | USA | 2808 | = | = | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| 8 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | GM | FRA | 2796 | = | 0 | = | 1 | ||||||||
| 9 | Giri, Anish | GM | NED | 2771 | 0 | = | 1 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| 10 | Anand, Viswanathan | GM | IND | 2786 | 0 | = | 7 | 0.5 |