Wang Hao and Fabiano Caruana shared first place, with Wang Hao winning on tie breaks and thereby qualifying for the 2020–21 Candidates Tournament.

Of the players who shared third place, Kirill Alekseenko had the best tie break and became eligible for the Candidates wild card as the next-highest placed non-qualifier, as Caruana had already qualified for the Candidates by virtue of being the runner-up in the previous World Championship.

[6] The time control for the games was: In the event of a tie for first, the following tie breaks were applied, in order:[5] The first six rounds were played from 10th to 15 October, and the last five rounds from 17th to 21 October.

100 qualified by rating (according to the average of the 12 monthly rating lists from July 2018 to June 2019), 18 qualified by continental championships, and 36 wildcards were chosen by the organizers.

The "Rank" column takes account of tie breaks.