Standings after 5 rounds
| Rank | SN | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts | tb1 | tb2 | tb3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2796 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 2 | 4 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2766 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| 3 | 7 | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2751 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 12 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | RUS | 2709 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 5 | 9 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2742 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 6 | 3 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2785 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 7 | 5 | Ding Liren | CHN | 2760 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 8 | 10 | Li Chao | CHN | 2720 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 9 | 2 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2785 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 10 | 13 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ESP | 2709 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 11 | 17 | Hou Yifan | CHN | 2651 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 12 | 8 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2749 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 13 | 14 | Rapport, Richard | HUN | 2692 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 14 | 18 | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | NOR | 2628 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 15 | 15 | Riazantsev, Alexander | RUS | 2671 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 16 | 6 | Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | 2759 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 17 | 11 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | RUS | 2711 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 18 | 16 | Salem A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2656 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |