| FIDE ID | Name | Fed. | Title | BYear | Rating |
| 5008123 | Koneru, Humpy | IND | GM | 1987 | 2583 |
| 8603006 | Ju, Wenjun | CHN | GM | 1991 | 2558 |
| 13601903 | Dzagnidze, Nana | GEO | GM | 1987 | 2529 |
| 1700030 | Cramling, Pia | SWE | GM | 1963 | 2521 |
| 5015197 | Harika, Dronavalli | IND | GM | 1991 | 2511 |
| 2902257 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL | GM | 1979 | 2509 |
| 8601283 | Zhao, Xue | CHN | GM | 1985 | 2506 |
| 4167570 | Gunina, Valentina | RUS | GM | 1989 | 2496 |
| 13602993 | Batsiashvili, Nino | GEO | IM | 1987 | 2485 |
| 14101513 | Zhukova, Natalia | UKR | GM | 1979 | 2484 |
| 4147855 | Pogonina, Natalija | RUS | WGM | 1985 | 2454 |
| 12512214 | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | IRI | IM | 1997 | 2403 |
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Round 1 pairings
| SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
| 1 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2509 | – | IM | Batsiashvili Nino | 2485 | 12 |
| 2 | GM | Zhao Xue | 2506 | – | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2583 | 11 |
| 3 | GM | Zhukova Natalia | 2484 | – | GM | Gunina Valentina | 2496 | 10 |
| 4 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2529 | – | IM | Khademalsharieh Sarasadat | 2403 | 9 |
| 5 | GM | Harika Dronavalli | 2511 | – | WGM | Pogonina Natalija | 2454 | 8 |
| 6 | GM | Cramling Pia | 2521 | – | GM | Ju Wenjun | 2558 | 7 |