Results of the 1st round
| Cramling | 0-1 | Ju Wenjun |
| Stefanova | 0-1 | Goryachkina |
| Paehtz | 1/2 | Kosteniuk |
| Gunina | 1-0 | Kashlinskaia |
| Lagno | 1/2 | Sebag |
| Koneru | 1/2 | Harika |
Games of the round
Standings after the 1st round
| Goryachkina | 1 |
| Ju Wenjun | 1 |
| Paehtz | 0.5 |
| Kosteniuk | 0.5 |
| Lagno | 0.5 |
| Sebag | 0.5 |
| Koneru | 0.5 |
| Harika | 0.5 |
| Kashlinskaia | 0 |
| Stefanova | 0 |
| Cramling | 0 |
View an article by Andre Schulz about the event on Chessbase.