Nakamura, Carlsen, Caruana and So lead with 4 points.
Results of the 8th round
| GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2769 | 1-0 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2782 |
| GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2760 | 0-1 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2822 |
| GM | So Wesley | 2778 | 1/2 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2789 |
| GM | Carlsen Magnus | 2843 | 1/2 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2808 |
Standings after 8 rounds
Nakamura, Carlsen, Caruana and So 4
Aronian, Anand, Mamedyarov 3.5
Karjakin 3
Vachier-Lagrave 2.5
Games of the round
Pairings of the last round
| GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2789 | – | GM | Carlsen Magnus | 2843 |
| GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2822 | – | GM | So Wesley | 2778 |
| GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2782 | – | GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2760 |
| GM | Aronian Levon | 2764 | – | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2769 |