Round 1 pairings
| SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
| 1 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2512 | – | GM | Muzychuk Mariya | 2545 | 12 |
| 2 | GM | Khotenashvili Bela | 2454 | – | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2575 | 11 |
| 3 | GM | Zhao Xue | 2510 | – | GM | Muzychuk Anna | 2545 | 10 |
| 4 | WGM | Girya Olga | 2444 | – | GM | Cramling Pia | 2463 | 9 |
| 5 | WGM | Tan Zhongyi | 2495 | – | GM | Harika Dronavalli | 2526 | 8 |
| 6 | IM | Javakhishvili Lela | 2487 | – | GM | Ju Wenjun | 2578 | 7 |