Standings after 2 rounds
| 1. | Wei, Yi | gm | CHN | 2738 | * | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1½ | |
| 2. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | gm | UKR | 2729 | ½ | * | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | . | 1 | |
| 3. | Ding, Liren | gm | CHN | 2781 | . | . | * | . | ½ | . | . | ½ | . | . | 1 | |
| 4. | Yu, Yangyi | gm | CHN | 2753 | . | . | . | * | . | . | ½ | ½ | . | . | 1 | |
| 5. | Le, Quang Liem | gm | VIE | 2726 | . | . | ½ | . | * | . | . | . | ½ | . | 1 | |
| 6. | Malakhov, Vladimir | gm | RUS | 2722 | . | ½ | . | . | . | * | ½ | . | . | . | 1 | |
| 7. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | gm | AZE | 2712 | . | . | . | ½ | . | ½ | * | . | . | . | 1 | |
| 8. | Wang, Hao | gm | CHN | 2698 | . | . | ½ | ½ | . | . | . | * | . | . | 1 | |
| 9. | Ponomariov, Ruslan | gm | UKR | 2699 | . | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | * | ½ | 1 | |
| 10. | Lu, Shanglei | gm | CHN | 2638 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | * | ½ |