Gunina-Girya (Photo taken from the official site)
Khademalsharieh, Ju, Batsiashvili and Kosteniuk share 1st place with 5 points.
Results of the 8th round
| IM | Javakhishvili Lela | 2461 | ½ – ½ | GM | Harika Dronavalli | 2543 |
| GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2555 | 1 – 0 | GM | Khotenashvili Bela | 2426 |
| GM | Gunina Valentina | 2525 | 1 – 0 | WGM | Girya Olga | 2450 |
| IM | Skripchenko Almira | 2455 | – + | GM | Ju Wenjun | 2580 |
| IM | Khademalsharieh Sarasadat | 2435 | ½ – ½ | GM | Zhukova Natalia | 2448 |
| IM | Batsiashvili Nino | 2489 | ½ – ½ | WGM | Pogonina Natalija | 2492 |
Standings after 8 rounds
| 1 | IM | Khademalsharieh Sarasadat | 2435 | IRI | 5 |
| IM | Batsiashvili Nino | 2489 | GEO | 5 | |
| GM | Ju Wenjun | 2580 | CHN | 5 | |
| GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2555 | RUS | 5 | |
| 5 | GM | Zhukova Natalia | 2448 | UKR | 4½ |
| 6 | GM | Gunina Valentina | 2525 | RUS | 4½ |
| 7 | WGM | Girya Olga | 2450 | RUS | 4 |
| GM | Harika Dronavalli | 2543 | IND | 4 | |
| 9 | WGM | Pogonina Natalija | 2492 | RUS | 3 |
| GM | Khotenashvili Bela | 2426 | GEO | 3 | |
| IM | Javakhishvili Lela | 2461 | GEO | 3 | |
| 12 | IM | Skripchenko Almira | 2455 | FRA | 2 |
Games of the round
Pairings of the 9th round
| WGM | Pogonina Natalija | 2492 | – | IM | Javakhishvili Lela | 2461 |
| GM | Zhukova Natalia | 2448 | – | IM | Batsiashvili Nino | 2489 |
| GM | Ju Wenjun | 2580 | – | IM | Khademalsharieh Sarasadat | 2435 |
| WGM | Girya Olga | 2450 | – | IM | Skripchenko Almira | 2455 |
| GM | Khotenashvili Bela | 2426 | – | GM | Gunina Valentina | 2525 |
| GM | Harika Dronavalli | 2543 | – | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2555 |