Standings after 8 rounds
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | WGM | Ziaziulkina Nastassia | BLR | 2342 | 6.5 | 16264 |
| 2 | WIM | Bulmaga Irina | ROU | 2380 | 6.0 | 16263 |
| 3 | WGM | Guo Qi | CHN | 2358 | 6.0 | 16190 |
| 4 | WGM | Cori T Deysi | PER | 2413 | 6.0 | 15920 |
| 5 | WIM | Arabidze Meri | GEO | 2379 | 6.0 | 15787 |
| 6 | WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | RUS | 2361 | 6.0 | 15484 |
| 7 | IM | Bodnaruk Anastasia | RUS | 2414 | 5.5 | 16212 |
| 8 | WGM | Vojinovic Jovana | MNE | 2337 | 5.5 | 16060 |
| 9 | WIM | Kulkarni Bhakti | IND | 2159 | 5.5 | 15337 |
| 10 | WFM | Medina Warda Aulia | INA | 2218 | 5.5 | 14996 |
| 11 | WGM | Kashlinskaya Alina | RUS | 2391 | 5.0 | 16075 |
| 12 | WGM | Mona Khaled | EGY | 2121 | 5.0 | 15528 |
| 13 | Wang Jue | CHN | 2355 | 5.0 | 15526 | |
| 14 | WIM | Varga Klara | HUN | 2181 | 5.0 | 15392 |
| 15 | WIM | Sihite Chelsie Monica | INA | 2162 | 5.0 | 15196 |
| 16 | WFM | Petrova Irina | UKR | 2173 | 5.0 | 15150 |
| 17 | WIM | Schut Lisa | NED | 2305 | 5.0 | 15001 |
| 18 | WFM | De Seroux Camille | SUI | 2101 | 5.0 | 14771 |
| 19 | Iordanidou Zoi | GRE | 2166 | 5.0 | 14637 | |
| 20 | WIM | Semenova Elena | RUS | 2134 | 5.0 | 14388 |
| 21 | WIM | Abdulla Khayala | AZE | 2217 | 5.0 | 14322 |
Full standings here: http://wjcc2012.chessdom.com/results-open/
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