Standings after 8 rounds
| 1. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | gm | RUS | 2740 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | . | 5½ | |
| 2. | Giri, Anish | gm | NED | 2755 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 3. | Aronian, Levon | gm | ARM | 2795 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4½ | |
| 4. | Kramnik, Vladimir | gm | RUS | 2808 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | 1 | 4½ | |
| 5. | Anand, Vishy | gm | IND | 2776 | ½ | ½ | . | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4½ | |
| 6. | Svidler, Peter | gm | RUS | 2745 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | . | ½ | 4 | |
| 7. | Li, Chao b | gm | CHN | 2746 | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4 | |
| 8. | Mamedyarov, Shak | gm | AZE | 2761 | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 3½ | |
| 9. | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | gm | RUS | 2731 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 3 | |
| 10. | Gelfand, Boris | gm | ISR | 2743 | . | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1½ |