
Black to move

Batsiashvili (Photo taken from the official site)
Batsiashvili leads with 4 points.
Results of the 5th round
| IM | Khademalsharieh Sarasadat | 2435 | ½ – ½ | IM | Javakhishvili Lela | 2461 |
| IM | Batsiashvili Nino | 2489 | 1 – 0 | IM | Skripchenko Almira | 2455 |
| WGM | Pogonina Natalija | 2492 | ½ – ½ | GM | Gunina Valentina | 2525 |
| GM | Zhukova Natalia | 2448 | ½ – ½ | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2555 |
| GM | Ju Wenjun | 2580 | ½ – ½ | GM | Harika Dronavalli | 2543 |
| WGM | Girya Olga | 2450 | 0 – 1 | GM | Khotenashvili Bela | 2426 |
The 9th game was very interesting, with deep opening/middlegame preparation from both players but it too ended in a draw. Score – 5-4 in Karjakin’s favor.