Leaders after 5 rounds
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr190208.aspx
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 6 | GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2697 | 5,0 | 14,5 | 9,5 | 14,50 |
| 2 | 1 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2814 | 4,5 | 16,0 | 10,0 | 14,25 |
| 3 | 9 | GM | Mcshane Luke J | ENG | 2674 | 4,5 | 15,5 | 10,0 | 13,75 |
| 4 | 4 | GM | Yu Yangyi | CHN | 2721 | 4,5 | 15,5 | 9,0 | 15,25 |
| 5 | 10 | GM | Bareev Evgeny | CAN | 2669 | 4,5 | 14,0 | 8,0 | 12,00 |
| 6 | 17 | GM | Lenderman Aleksandr | USA | 2615 | 4,5 | 13,5 | 8,5 | 12,00 |
| 7 | 3 | GM | So Wesley | USA | 2773 | 4,0 | 15,5 | 10,5 | 11,50 |
| 8 | 16 | GM | Durarbayli Vasif | AZE | 2618 | 4,0 | 14,5 | 8,5 | 9,50 |
| 9 | 8 | GM | Robson Ray | USA | 2680 | 4,0 | 14,0 | 8,5 | 10,75 |
| 10 | 19 | GM | Shimanov Aleksandr | RUS | 2593 | 4,0 | 13,5 | 7,5 | 11,50 |
| 11 | 35 | GM | Rombaldoni Axel | ITA | 2528 | 4,0 | 13,5 | 7,5 | 9,50 |
| 12 | 51 | IM | Kjartansson Gudmundur | ISL | 2474 | 4,0 | 13,0 | 7,5 | 11,00 |
| 13 | 23 | GM | Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo | CUB | 2577 | 4,0 | 13,0 | 7,5 | 9,00 |
| 14 | 7 | GM | Kamsky Gata | USA | 2691 | 4,0 | 13,0 | 7,0 | 9,00 |
| 15 | 25 | GM | Kaidanov Gregory S | USA | 2561 | 4,0 | 12,5 | 7,5 | 9,75 |
| 16 | 39 | GM | Pakleza Zbigniew | POL | 2520 | 4,0 | 12,5 | 7,5 | 9,50 |
| 17 | 2 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | USA | 2808 | 4,0 | 12,5 | 7,0 | 10,00 |
| 18 | 12 | GM | Shankland Samuel L | USA | 2656 | 4,0 | 12,0 | 7,0 | 11,25 |
| 19 | 15 | GM | Nyzhnyk Illya | UKR | 2628 | 4,0 | 12,0 | 6,5 | 10,75 |
| 20 | 14 | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | USA | 2630 | 4,0 | 10,5 | 6,0 | 10,00 |