Nakamura and Howell lead with 6 points.
Top 10 results of the 7th round
| GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2781 | 5½ | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Antipov Mikhail Al. | 2588 |
| GM | Howell David W L | 2682 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | GM | Saric Ivan | 2664 |
| GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2793 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 5 | GM | Sandipan Chanda | 2579 |
| GM | Aronian Levon | 2797 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | GM | Short Nigel D | 2681 |
| GM | Navara David | 2749 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2610 |
| GM | Harikrishna P. | 2745 | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | GM | Oparin Grigoriy | 2607 |
| GM | Grandelius Nils | 2647 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2732 |
| GM | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | 2724 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | FM | Esipenko Andrey | 2571 |
| GM | Vocaturo Daniele | 2609 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Adams Michael | 2709 |
| GM | Rapport Richard | 2700 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | GM | Huzman Alexander | 2561 |
Top 10 players after 7 rounds
| GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2781 | 6,0 |
| GM | Howell David W L | ENG | 2682 | 6,0 |
| GM | Antipov Mikhail Al. | RUS | 2588 | 5,5 |
| GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2793 | 5,5 |
| GM | Moussard Jules | FRA | 2571 | 5,5 |
| GM | Wang Hao | CHN | 2711 | 5,5 |
| GM | Aronian Levon | ARM | 2797 | 5,5 |
| GM | Rapport Richard | HUN | 2700 | 5,5 |
| GM | Oparin Grigoriy | RUS | 2607 | 5,5 |
| GM | Dubov Daniil | RUS | 2694 | 5,5 |
Some games of the round
Top 10 pairings of the 8th round
| 1 | Wang Hao | 5½ | 6 | Nakamura Hikaru | |
| 2 | Rapport Richard | 5½ | 6 | Howell David W L | |
| 3 | Oparin Grigoriy | 5½ | 5½ | Aronian Levon | |
| 4 | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 5½ | 5½ | Moussard Jules | |
| 5 | Dubov Daniil | 5½ | 5½ | Antipov Mikhail Al. | |
| 6 | Tregubov Pavel V. | 5 | 5 | Navara David | |
| 7 | Vitiugov Nikita | 5 | 5 | Gledura Benjamin | |
| 8 | Gupta Abhijeet | 5 | 5 | Ivanchuk Vassily | |
| 9 | Narayanan S. L. | 5 | 5 | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | |
| 10 | Adams Michael | 5 | 5 | Sandipan Chanda |