Standings after 8 rounds
| 1. | Danielian, Elina | g | ARM | 2484 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | ½ | . | 1 | 6 | 2712 |
| 2. | Muzychuk, Anna | g | SLO | 2598 | ½ | * | ½ | . | . | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 2633 |
| 3. | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2589 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | . | ½ | 1 | . | 1 | 5 | 2610 |
| 4. | Cmilyte, Viktorija | g | LTU | 2508 | ½ | . | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | . | 0 | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2601 |
| 5. | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2623 | . | . | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 0 | 4½ | 2544 |
| 6. | Lahno, Kateryna | g | UKR | 2546 | 0 | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | . | ½ | 1 | . | 4½ | 2568 |
| 7. | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | g | RUS | 2528 | 0 | . | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | . | 0 | 1 | ½ | 4 | 2504 |
| 8. | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2457 | . | ½ | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | 3½ | 2499 |
| 9. | Kosintseva, Tatiana | g | RUS | 2532 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | . | . | ½ | * | . | ½ | 1 | 3½ | 2466 |
| 10. | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | BUL | 2518 | ½ | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | . | * | ½ | . | 3 | 2451 |
| 11. | Galliamova, Alisa | m | RUS | 2484 | . | 0 | . | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 2 | 2309 |
| 12. | Yildiz, Betul Cemre | wg | TUR | 2333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | ½ | . | 0 | . | 0 | * | 1½ | 2292 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
well done Elina! keep it up!
see all these russians are falling star. We could expect some better performance if munna were here.