Vachier-Lagrave, Vitiugov and Caruana lead with 3.5 points.
Results of the 5th round
| Meier, Georg | – | Carlsen, Magnus | 1/2-1/2 |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | – | Bluebaum, Matthias | 1/2-1/2 |
| Anand, Viswanathan | – | Caruana, Fabiano | 1/2-1/2 |
| Hou, Yifan | – | Vitiugov, Nikita | 1/2-1/2 |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | – | Aronian, Levon | 1/2-1/2 |
