So-Kramnik (Photo by Lennart Ootes)
So leads with 5 points, Caruana is on 4.5, Kramnik and Nakamura have 4 points.
Results of the 7th round
| Levon Aronian | ½-½ | Viswanathan Anand |
| Anish Giri | ½-½ | Veselin Topalov |
| Wesley So | ½-½ | Vladimir Kramnik |
| Michael Adams | ½-½ | Fabiano Caruana |
| Hikaru Nakamura | 1-0 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
Games of the round
Pairings of the 8th round
| Hikaru Nakamura | – | Levon Aronian |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | – | Michael Adams |
| Fabiano Caruana | – | Wesley So |
| Vladimir Kramnik | – | Anish Giri |
| Veselin Topalov | – | Viswanathan Anand |