Kramnik and Anand (Photo by Lennart Ootes)
So leads with 3.5 points. Today is a rest day.
Results of the 5th round
| Levon Aronian | ½-½ | Anish Giri |
| Wesley So | ½-½ | Viswanathan Anand |
| Michael Adams | 1-0 | Veselin Topalov |
| Hikaru Nakamura | ½-½ | Vladimir Kramnik |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | ½-½ | Fabiano Caruana |
Standings after 5 rounds
So 3.5
Aronian, Kramnik, Caruana, Nakamura 3
Giri, Anand 2.5
Vachier-Lagrave, Adams 2
Topalov 0.5
Games of the round
Pairings of the 6th round
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | - | Levon Aronian |
| Fabiano Caruana | - | Hikaru Nakamura |
| Vladimir Kramnik | - | Michael Adams |
| Veselin Topalov | - | Wesley So |
| Viswanathan Anand | - | Anish Giri |