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 |
Mamedyarov, Giri and Carlsen lead with 5.5. Today is a rest day.
Results of the 8th round
| Hou, Yifan – Caruana, Fabiano | 0-1 |
| Adhiban, B. – Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ |
| Wei, Yi – Matlakov, Maxim | ½-½ |
| Giri, Anish – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1-0 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir – So, Wesley | ½-½ |
| Svidler, Peter – Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ |
| Carlsen, Magnus – Jones, Gawain C B | 1-0 |
