The round 6 summary:
| White | Rating | Results | Black | Rating | Moves | Opening |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2722 | ½-½ | Fabiano Caruana | 2711 | 34 | English Opening |
| Magnus Carlsen | 2821 | 1-0 | Yannick Pelletier | 2590 | 42 | French Rubinstein |
| Alexander Morozevich | 2694 | ½-½ | Alexei Shirov | 2714 | 40 | Nimzoindian with Qc2 |
In a tense struggle Carlsen had the bishop pair which enabled him to create some pressure and eventually he found a way to pick off a pawn.
After a quiet opening, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave launched his pieces at Caruana's king. At the end, with two pawns and pressure for a piece, Vachier-Lagrave had interesting compensation but, seeing nothing clear, opted to take a repetition.
The standings after round 6:
| Rank | Name | Country | Rating | 1w | 1b | 2w | 2b | 3w | 3b | 4w | 4b | 5w | 5b | 6w | 6b | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2821 | * | * | . | ½ | 1 | . | . | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 4.5 |
| 2 | Alexander Morozevich | RUS | 2694 | ½ | . | * | * | ½ | ½ | . | 1 | ½ | . | . | 1 | 4 |
| 3-4 | Alexei Shirov | ESP | 2714 | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | . | . | ½ | 1 | . | 3 |
| 3-4 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | FRA | 2722 | 1 | . | 0 | . | . | ½ | * | * | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3 |
| 5 | Yannick Pelletier | SUI | 2590 | 0 | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | . | * | * | ½ | . | 2 |
| 6 | Fabiano Caruana | ITA | 2711 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | * | * | 1.5 |
The classification according to the Biel points (3 for a win, 1 for a draw) is as follows:
| Position | Name | Country | Rating | Biel Points |
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2815 | 13 |
| 2 | Alexander Morozevich | RUS | 2694 | 10 |
| 3-4 | Alexei Shirov | ESP | 2714 | 7 |
| 3-4 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | FRA | 2722 | 7 |
| 5 | Yannick Pelletier | SUI | 2590 | 4 |
| 6 | Fabiano Caruana | ITA | 2711 | 3 |
The rate of play:
