Former World Champion GM Vladimir Kramnik of Russia won his third straight game to enter into joint lead with GM Dieter Nisipeanu of Germany, who could only draw his game with GM Ian Nepomniachtchi. Both stand at 3.0/4.
GM Fabiano Caruana of USA meanwhile accounted for German GM Arkadij Naiditsch to stay in pursuit with 2.5/4.
Standings after Round 4:
| Rank | Name | Score | Elo |
| 1 | Kramnik, Vladimir | 3.0/4 | 2783 |
| 2 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 3.0/4 | 2654 |
| 3 | Caruana, Fabiano | 2.5/4 | 2805 |
| 4 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2.0/4 | 2722 |
| 5 | So, Wesley | 1.5/4 | 2778 |
| 6 | Hou, Yifan | 1.5/4 | 2676 |
| 7 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 1.5/4 | 2720 |
| 8 | Meier, Georg | 1.0/4 | 2654 |