Round 9
| Ding, Liren | Aronian, Levon | 1-0 | |
| Eljanov, Pavel | Salem, A.R. Saleh | 1-0 | |
| Jakovenko, Dmitry | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½-½ | |
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | Hou, Yifan | 1-0 | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | Adams, Michael | ½-½ | |
| Rapport, Richard | Li, Chao b | ½-½ | |
| Riazantsev, Alexander | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | ½-½ | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | Grischuk, Alexander | ½-½ | |
| Vallejo Pons, Francisco | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | ½-½ |