The 32-year-old Norwegian scored 16 points in 21 rounds.
Second place was taken by the American Hikaru Nakamura, who scored 15 points.
The third with 15 points was the Armenian Hayk Martirosyan.
Russians Daniil Dubov (14.5), Alexei Sarana (14.5), Vladimir Fedoseev (14), Vladislav Artemyev (13.5), Dmitry Andreikin (13.5) and Valery Nepomniachtchi (13.5) are in sixth, seventh, eighth, tenth, 11th and 12th lines.
Russian grandmasters competed at the World Championship under the flag of the International Chess Federation (FIDE).
Earlier it was reported that the Russian chess player Polina Shuvalova took third place at the World Blitz Championship.