Caruana, Giri (Photo taken from chess-news.ru)
Caruana leads with 4.5 points. Today is a rest day.
Results of the 5th round
| GM | Eltaj Safarli | 2674 | 0-1 | GM | Anish Giri | 2782 |
| GM | Fabiano Caruana | 2804 | 1-0 | GM | Teimour Radjabov | 2726 |
| GM | Shakhriyar Mammadyarov | 2748 | ½-½ | GM | Rauf Mammadov | 2655 |
| GM | Sergey Karjakin | 2773 | 1-0 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2663 |
| GM | Pentala Harikrishna | 2763 | 1-0 | GM | Pavel Eljanov | 2750 |
Standings after 5 rounds
Caruana 4.5
Giri 4
Karjakin 3
Mamedyarov, Harikrishna 2.5
Safarli, Radjabov, Mamedov 2
Hou 1.5
Eljanov 1
Games of the round
Pairings of the 6th round
| GM | Anish Giri | 2782 | – | GM | Pavel Eljanov | 2750 |
| GM | Hou Yifan | 2663 | – | GM | Pentala Harikrishna | 2763 |
| GM | Rauf Mammadov | 2655 | – | GM | Sergey Karjakin | 2773 |
| GM | Teimour Radjabov | 2726 | – | GM | Shakhriyar Mammadyarov | 2748 |
| GM | Eltaj Safarli | 2674 | – | GM | Fabiano Caruana | 2804 |