
White to move
Jakovenko and Aronian shared 1st-2nd places with 5,5, but Jakovenko won on tie-break.
Results of the last round
| GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2780 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2801 |
| GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2796 | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2721 |
| GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | 2702 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Ding Liren | 2774 |
| GM | Harikrishna P. | 2738 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Svidler Peter | 2763 |
| GM | Radjabov Teimour | 2741 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Rapport Richard | 2692 |
| GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2707 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Gelfand Boris | 2719 |
| GM | Hammer Jon Ludvig | 2629 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | 2683 |
| GM | Giri Anish | 2762 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2705 |
| GM | Riazantsev Alexander | 2651 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Li Chao B | 2741 |
Aronian leads with 5 points.
Results of the 8th round
| GM | Aronian Levon | 2801 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | 2702 |
| GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2780 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Harikrishna P. | 2738 |
| GM | Svidler Peter | 2763 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Ding Liren | 2774 |
| GM | Rapport Richard | 2692 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2721 |
| GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | 2683 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2796 |
| GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2705 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2707 |
| GM | Li Chao B | 2741 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | GM | Giri Anish | 2762 |
| GM | Gelfand Boris | 2719 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | GM | Radjabov Teimour | 2741 |
| GM | Hammer Jon Ludvig | 2629 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Riazantsev Alexander | 2651 |