Round 1 results
| Aronian, Levon | – Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | |
| Carlsen, Magnus | – So, Wesley | ½-½ | |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | – Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | – Giri, Anish | 1-0 | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | – Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ |
Standings after round 1
| # | Name | Pts | SB |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Anand, Viswanathan | 0.5 | 0.25 |
| Aronian, Levon | 0.5 | 0.25 | |
| Carlsen, Magnus | 0.5 | 0.25 | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | 0.5 | 0.25 | |
| Karjakin, Sergey | 0.5 | 0.25 | |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | 0.5 | 0.25 | |
| So, Wesley | 0.5 | 0.25 | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 0.5 | 0.25 | |
| 10 | Giri, Anish | 0 | 0 |