Standings
| 1 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
7/12 | 2760 |
| 2 |
Caruana, Fabiano |
7/12 | 2794 |
| 3 |
Anand, Viswanathan |
6½/12 | 2762 |
| 4 |
Svidler, Peter |
6/12 | 2757 |
| 5 |
Giri, Anish |
6/12 | 2793 |
| 6 |
Aronian, Levon |
6/12 | 2786 |
| 7 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
5½/12 | 2790 |
| 8 |
Topalov, Veselin |
4/12 | 2780 |
I don't know what the live results are because I'm watching day by day in the archive, and trying to avoid live results, but last I saw Anand was winning or tied for the lead.
If Anand wins it is a tremendous accomplishment to win 3 straight candidate tournaments among the best 10 players in the world (minus Carlsen).
I believe he is as good of a challenger to Carlsen as any, and if he is the challenger I'm excited to see this battle continue into round 3. I feel that this is an epic friendly rivalry of great chess minds including one bridge from the Kasparov era to Carlsen.