| # | White Pieces | Ronde 16 | Black Pieces |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ding, Liren (2739) | Erigaisi Arjun (2803) | |
| 2. | Nakamura, Hikaru (2814) | Gukesh D (2803) | |
| 3. | Carlsen, Magnus (2841) | Caruana, Fabiano (2802) | |
| 4. | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi (2750) | Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2799) | |
| 5. | Grischuk, Alexander (2757) | Aronian, Levon (2787) | |
| 6. | Karjakin, Sergey (2771) | Anand, Viswanathan (2785) |