Carlsen and Giri shared 1st-2nd places with 9 points but Carlsen went on to win a blitz tie-break with 1.5-0.5.
Results of the 13th round
So, Wesley – Hou, Yifan 1-0
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Anand, Viswanathan ½-½
Matlakov, Maxim – Jones, Gawain C B ½-½
Karjakin, Sergey – Carlsen, Magnus ½-½
Caruana, Fabiano – Svidler, Peter ½-½
Adhiban, B. – Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1
Wei, Yi – Giri, Anish ½-½
Giri and Carlsen lead with 8.5 points.
Results of the 12th round
Hou, Yifan – Wei, Yi ½-½
Giri, Anish – Adhiban, B. 1-0
Kramnik, Vladimir – Caruana, Fabiano 1-0
Svidler, Peter – Karjakin, Sergey ½-½
Carlsen, Magnus – Matlakov, Maxim 1-0
Jones, Gawain C B – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½
Anand, Viswanathan – So, Wesley ½-½
Mamedyarov, Carlsen and Giri lead with 7.5 points.
Results of the 11th round
Anand, Viswanathan – Hou, Yifan 1-0
So, Wesley – Jones, Gawain C B 1-0
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Carlsen, Magnus ½-½
Matlakov, Maxim – Svidler, Peter ½-½
Karjakin, Sergey – Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0
Caruana, Fabiano – Giri, Anish ½-½
Adhiban, B. – Wei, Yi ½-½
Giri, Mamedyarov and Carlsen lead with 7 points. Today is a rest day.
Results of the round
| Hou, Yifan – Adhiban, B. | ½-½ |
| Wei, Yi – Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ |
| Giri, Anish – Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ |
| Kramnik, Vladimir – Matlakov, Maxim | 1-0 |
| Svidler, Peter – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 0-1 |
| Carlsen, Magnus – So, Wesley | 1-0 |
| Jones, Gawain C B – Anand, Viswanathan | 0-1 |
Giri leads with 6.5 points.
Results of the 9th round
| Jones, Gawain C B – Hou, Yifan | ½-½ |
| Anand, Viswanathan – Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ |
| So, Wesley – Svidler, Peter | ½-½ |
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ |
| Matlakov, Maxim – Giri, Anish | 0-1 |
| Karjakin, Sergey – Wei, Yi | ½-½ |
| Caruana, Fabiano – Adhiban, B. | ½-½ |