Round 1 matchups:
| SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
| 1 | GM | CRAMLING Pia | 2548 | – | GM | KONERU Humpy | 2621 | 12 |
| 2 | WIM | YILDIZ Betul Cemre | 2214 | – | GM | STEFANOVA Antoaneta | 2557 | 11 |
| 3 | IM | FIERRO Baquero Martha L. | 2403 | – | WGM | MAMEDJAROVA Zeinab | 2362 | 10 |
| 4 | GM | HOU Yifan | 2571 | – | GM | CHIBURDANIDZE Maia | 2516 | 9 |
| 5 | GM | ZHAO Xue | 2508 | – | WGM | SHEN Yang | 2448 | 8 |
| 6 | GM | SEBAG Marie | 2529 | – | IM | DANIELIAN Elina | 2496 | 7 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Go Pia!
Hou Yi-fan will crush all these other ladies.
Martha will be big surprise in this tournament
i agree martha is a big surprise, humpy and Yifan are really strong, but I hope Maia Chiburdanidze scores key victories after her warm up with draws and wins this tournament