GM Fabiano Caruana (2805) of USA won his fifth straight game to clinch the Dortmund title in style with a total tally of 5.5/7.
In a bid to wrest his lost lead and win the title at any cost, German GM Dieter Nisipeanu (2654) chose to play the Evans Gambit, an opening where white sacrifices a pawn early in the game to gain attacking chances. The strategy soon backfired when Caruana, far from being surprised in the opening, smartly managed his pieces to trade the right ones, sacrificed a pawn back to develop all his pieces and proceeded to soundly outplay Nisipeanu to win the tournament in style.
GM Wesley So (2778) of USA meanwhile managed to beat GM Vladimir Kramnik with the white pieces and jump to tie for the second spot with Nisipeanu at 4.0/7.
Final Standings:
| Rank | Name | Score | Elo |
| 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | 5.5/7 | 2805 |
| 2 | So, Wesley | 4.0/7 | 2778 |
| 3 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 4.0/7 | 2654 |
| 4 | Kramnik, Vladimir | 3.5/7 | 2783 |
| 5 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 3.0/7 | 2722 |
| 6 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 3.0/7 | 2720 |
| 7 | Hou, Yifan | 2.5/7 | 2676 |
| 8 | Meier, Georg | 2.5/7 | 2654 |