(Photo taken from the official site)
Hou, Muzychuk and Girya won their games to take 1st, 2nd and 3rd places respectively. It is important to note a very interesting and complex game Girya won against Kosteniuk.
Results of the 7th round
WGM Girya Olga 2450 1 – 0 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2527
GM Muzychuk Anna 2560 1 – 0 GM Zhao Xue 2552
GM Hou Yifan 2618 1 – 0 GM Ushenina Anna 2501
GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2496 ½ – ½ GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2489
WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2340 0 – 1 WGM Muminova Nafisa 2321
GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 ½ – ½ GM Lagno Kateryna 2543
Standings after 7 rounds
1 GM Hou Yifan 2618 CHN 6
2 GM Muzychuk Anna 2560 SLO 5
3 WGM Girya Olga 2450 RUS 4½
4 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2489 BUL 3½
5 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2527 RUS 3½
6 GM Lagno Kateryna 2543 UKR 3½
7 WGM Muminova Nafisa 2321 UZB 3½
8 GM Ushenina Anna 2501 UKR 3
9 GM Zhao Xue 2552 CHN 3
10 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 GEO 3
11 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2496 RUS 2½
12 WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2340 MGL 1
Photo Gallery of the 7th round.
Pairings of the 8th round
GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2527 – GM Lagno Kateryna 2543
WGM Muminova Nafisa 2321 – GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550
GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2489 – WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2340
GM Ushenina Anna 2501 – GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2496
GM Zhao Xue 2552 – GM Hou Yifan 2618
WGM Girya Olga 2450 – GM Muzychuk Anna 2560