| # | White Pieces | Round 9 | Black Pieces |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Caruana, Fabiano (2802) | Ding, Liren (2739) | |
| 2. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2799) | Gukesh D (2803) | |
| 3. | Aronian, Levon (2787) | Erigaisi Arjun (2803) | |
| 4. | Anand, Viswanathan (2785) | Nakamura, Hikaru (2814) | |
| 5. | Karjakin, Sergey (2771) | Carlsen, Magnus (2841) | |
| 6. | Grischuk, Alexander (2757) | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi (2750) |