Standings after 5 rounds
| 1. | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2726 | * | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 3½ | 2894 |
| 2. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2779 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3½ | 2859 |
| 3. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2799 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3½ | 2850 |
| 4. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2700 | . | ½ | ½ | * | . | ½ | ½ | . | . | 1 | 3 | 2806 |
| 5. | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2730 | ½ | . | . | . | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | 3 | 2757 |
| 6. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2775 | 0 | . | . | ½ | ½ | * | . | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 2760 |
| 7. | Meier, Georg | g | GER | 2644 | 0 | . | . | ½ | ½ | . | * | ½ | . | 1 | 2½ | 2697 |
| 8. | Fridman, Daniel | g | GER | 2655 | . | 0 | . | . | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | . | 1½ | 2562 |
| 9. | Gustafsson, Jan | g | GER | 2629 | . | . | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 2486 |
| 10. | Bartel, Mateusz | g | POL | 2674 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | . | ½ | * | ½ | 2344 |
Source: TWIC
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