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Mamedyarov became the winner of the event after beating Giri and then winning a tie-break match against Caruana (with whom he shared 1st-2nd places – 6 points each).
Results of the last round
| GM | Shakhriyar Mammadyarov | 2748 | 1-0 | GM | Anish Giri | 2782 |
| GM | Sergey Karjakin | 2773 | ½-½ | GM | Fabiano Caruana | 2804 |
| GM | Pentala Harikrishna | 2763 | 0-1 | GM | Eltaj Safarli | 2674 |
| GM | Pavel Eljanov | 2750 | ½-½ | GM | Teimour Radjabov | 2726 |
| GM | Hou Yifan | 2663 | 0-1 | GM | Rauf Mammadov | 2655 |
Caruana lost to Mamedyarov and now shares 1st-2nd places with Giri (5.5 points).
Results of the 8th round
| GM | Anish Giri | 2782 | ½-½ | GM | Hou Yifan | 2663 |
| GM | Rauf Mammadov | 2655 | ½-½ | GM | Pavel Eljanov | 2750 |
| GM | Teimour Radjabov | 2726 | ½-½ | GM | Pentala Harikrishna | 2763 |
| GM | Eltaj Safarli | 2674 | ½-½ | GM | Sergey Karjakin | 2773 |
| GM | Fabiano Caruana | 2804 | 0-1 | GM | Shakhriyar Mammadyarov | 2748 |
