The leading results of round seven, played on Friday 29 September 2017, were as follows:
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | GM | Carlsen Magnus | 2827 | 5½ | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2702 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 3 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2799 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | GM | Jones Gawain C B | 2668 | 23 | ||
| 3 | 46 | GM | Lenderman Aleksandr | 2565 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2794 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 48 | GM | Wagner Dennis | 2564 | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2781 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 6 | GM | Adams Michael | 2738 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | L’ami Erwin | 2611 | 34 | ||
| 6 | 68 | IM | Batsiashvili Nino | 2472 | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2734 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 85 | IM | Zatonskih Anna | 2424 | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2683 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 18 | GM | Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2676 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2657 | 26 | ||
| 9 | 19 | GM | Rapport Richard | 2675 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Swapnil S. Dhopade | 2532 | 55 | ||
| 10 | 20 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2671 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Sokolov Ivan | 2603 | 35 |