After beating Aronian in the 9th round, Anand is back in a tie for the lead with just 5 games left!
Standings after 9 rounds
| 1-2. | Karjakin, Sergey | gm | RUS | 2760 | M | * | 1 | . | ½ | . | ½ | . | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | . | 5½ | |
| 1-2. | Anand, Vishy | gm | IND | 2762 | 0 | . | O | * | ½ | . | ½ | 1 | ½ | . | 1 | . | ½ | . | 1 | ½ | 5½ | |
| 3-4. | Caruana, Fabiano | gm | USA | 2794 | ½ | . | ½ | . | S | * | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | 1 | ½ | . | 5 | |
| 3-4. | Aronian, Levon | gm | ARM | 2786 | ½ | . | ½ | 0 | ½ | . | C | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 5 | |
| 5. | Giri, Anish | gm | NED | 2793 | ½ | . | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | O | * | ½ | . | ½ | . | ½ | . | 4½ | |
| 6. | Svidler, Peter | gm | RUS | 2757 | ½ | ½ | 0 | . | ½ | . | ½ | . | ½ | . | W | * | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | 4 | |
| 7. | Nakamura, Hikaru | gm | USA | 2790 | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | 0 | 0 | . | ½ | . | ½ | . | C | * | 1 | . | 3½ | |
| 8. | Topalov, Veselin | gm | BUL | 2780 | ½ | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | 0 | . | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | 0 | . | T | * | 3 |