Harikrishna-Vidit (Photo by Sophie Triay)
Four players lead with 6.5 out of 8 – Anton Guijarro, Harikrishna, Vachier-Lagrave and Bacrot.
Top 10 results of the 8th round
| GM | Anton Guijarro David | 2639 | 6 | ½ – ½ | 5½ | GM | Li Chao B | 2751 |
| GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2785 | 5½ | 1 – 0 | 5½ | GM | Bruzon Batista Lazaro | 2666 |
| GM | Harikrishna P. | 2755 | 5½ | 1 – 0 | 5½ | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2642 |
| GM | Yu Yangyi | 2747 | 5½ | ½ – ½ | 5½ | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | 2639 |
| GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2727 | 5½ | ½ – ½ | 5½ | GM | Grandelius Nils | 2635 |
| GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2697 | 5½ | 1 – 0 | 5½ | IM | Tari Aryan | 2556 |
| GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2613 | 5½ | ½ – ½ | 5½ | GM | Ni Hua | 2697 |
| GM | Maze Sebastien | 2591 | 5½ | ½ – ½ | 5½ | GM | Ragger Markus | 2689 |
| GM | Grigoriants Sergey | 2580 | 5 | 0 – 1 | 5 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 |
| GM | Muzychuk Mariya | 2554 | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Rapport Richard | 2721 |
Top 15 players after 8 rounds
| GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2785 | 6,5 |
| GM | Bacrot Etienne | FRA | 2697 | 6,5 |
| GM | Harikrishna P. | IND | 2755 | 6,5 |
| GM | Anton Guijarro David | ESP | 2639 | 6,5 |
| GM | Ragger Markus | AUT | 2689 | 6,0 |
| GM | Lenic Luka | SLO | 2611 | 6,0 |
| GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2787 | 6,0 |
| GM | Sethuraman S.P. | IND | 2639 | 6,0 |
| GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | POL | 2727 | 6,0 |
| GM | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2613 | 6,0 |
| GM | Maze Sebastien | FRA | 2591 | 6,0 |
| GM | Yu Yangyi | CHN | 2747 | 6,0 |
| GM | Ni Hua | CHN | 2697 | 6,0 |
| GM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2635 | 6,0 |
| GM | Li Chao B | CHN | 2751 | 6,0 |
Some games of the round
Top 10 pairings of the 9th round
| GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2785 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2697 |
| GM | Anton Guijarro David | 2639 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Harikrishna P. | 2755 |
| GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | 6 | 6 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2613 |
| GM | Li Chao B | 2751 | 6 | 6 | GM | Lenic Luka | 2611 |
| GM | Grandelius Nils | 2635 | 6 | 6 | GM | Yu Yangyi | 2747 |
| GM | Sethuraman S.P. | 2639 | 6 | 6 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2727 |
| GM | Ni Hua | 2697 | 6 | 6 | GM | Maze Sebastien | 2591 |
| GM | Ragger Markus | 2689 | 6 | 6 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | 2553 |
| GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2732 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Sandipan Chanda | 2583 |
| GM | Rapport Richard | 2721 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Tregubov Pavel V. | 2582 |