Round 8 pairings
| 12 | GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2598 | IM | Alisa Galliamova | 2484 | 10 | |
| 11 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2623 | GM | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2457 | 9 | |
| 1 | GM | Elina Danielian | 2484 | GM | Keteryna Lahno | 2546 | 8 | |
| 2 | GM | Humpy Koneru | 2589 | GM | Antoaneta Stefanova | 2518 | 7 | |
| 3 | WGM | Betul Cemre Yildiz | 2333 | GM | Nadezhda Kosintseva | 2528 | 6 | |
| 4 | GM | Tatiana Kosintseva | 2532 | GM | Viktorija Cmilyte | 2508 | 5 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nakamura can crush this field.
And I can beat them up, too. So what, they are a bunch of girls.