Round 1 pairings
| SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
| 1 | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2598 | – | GM | Zhao Xue | 2556 | 12 |
| 2 | IM | Khurtsidze Nino | 2456 | – | WGM | Ju Wenjun | 2518 | 11 |
| 3 | GM | Danielian Elina | 2480 | – | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2450 | 10 |
| 4 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2617 | – | IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2447 | 9 |
| 5 | WGM | Ruan Lufei | 2483 | – | GM | Lahno Kateryna | 2537 | 8 |
| 6 | IM | Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2417 | – | GM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2516 | 7 |
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