Round 3 results
| Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | ||
| GM | Lahno Kateryna | 2554 | ½ | IM | Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2421 |
| GM | Zhu Chen | 2490 | 1 – 0 | IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2467 |
| GM | Zhao Xue | 2497 | 1 – 0 | IM | Galliamova Alisa | 2498 |
| GM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2560 | 1 – 0 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2469 |
| GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2528 | ½ | GM | Cmilyte Viktorija | 2525 |
| GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2536 | ½ | WGM | Ju Wenjun | 2536 |
Standings after 3 rounds
| Rk | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | |
| 1 | GM | Zhao Xue | 2497 | CHN | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | WGM | Ju Wenjun | 2536 | CHN | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 2½ | ||||||||
| 3 | IM | Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2421 | RUS | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1½ | ||||||||
| 4 | GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2536 | RUS | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1½ | ||||||||
| 5 | GM | Lahno Kateryna | 2554 | UKR | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1½ | ||||||||
| 6 | GM | Zhu Chen | 2490 | QAT | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1½ | ||||||||
| GM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2560 | RUS | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1½ | |||||||||
| 8 | IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2467 | MGL | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ||||||||
| GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2469 | RUS | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | |||||||||
| IM | Galliamova Alisa | 2498 | RUS | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | |||||||||
| 11 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2528 | BUL | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ||||||||
| GM | Cmilyte Viktorija | 2525 | LTU | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 |
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