Standings after 6 rounds
| 1. | So, Wesley | gm | USA | 2812 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | gm | FRA | 2796 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | . | . | . | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4 | |
| 3. | Carlsen, Magnus | gm | NOR | 2832 | 0 | ½ | * | . | . | 1 | . | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 4. | Giri, Anish | gm | NED | 2771 | ½ | ½ | . | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | . | . | 3½ | |
| 5. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | gm | RUS | 2732 | . | . | . | 1 | * | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 3½ | |
| 6. | Aronian, Levon | gm | ARM | 2793 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7. | Anand, Viswanathan | gm | IND | 2786 | 0 | . | . | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | . | 2½ | |
| 8. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | gm | UKR | 2738 | . | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | . | 0 | * | . | 1 | 2½ | |
| 9. | Kramnik, Vladimir | gm | RUS | 2808 | 0 | ½ | 0 | . | ½ | 0 | 1 | . | * | . | 2 | |
| 10. | Jobava, Baadur | gm | GEO | 2707 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | * | 0 |