There will be a new Women's World Champion in a few weeks. There will be no Russian in the final 8. There are 4 Chinese, 2 Indian, 1 French, and 1 Ukrainian remain.
Top draw
Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS GM 2507 1/2 / 1/2 / 0-1 / 1/2 Ruan Lufei advances to face Harika, Dronavalli
Ruan, Lufei CHN WGM 2480
Harika, Dronavalli IND IM 2525 1/2 / 1/2 / 1-0 / 0-1 / 0-1 / 1-0 / 1-0 Harika advances to face Ruan, Lufei
Muzychuk, Mariya UKR IM 2462
Zhao, Xue CHN GM 2474 1-0 / 1/2 Zhao, Xue advances to face Almira Skripchenko.
Dembo, Yelena GRE IM 2454
Skripchenko, Almira FRA IM 2460 1/2 / 1/2 / 1/2 / 1/2 / 1-0 / 1-0 Skripchenko advances to face Zhao, Xue
Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU GM 2514
Bottom Draw
Zatonskih, Anna USA IM 2478
Koneru, Humpy IND GM 2600 0-1 / 1/2 Humpy Koneru advances to face Ju, Wenjun
Muzychuk, Anna SLO IM 2530
Ju, Wenjun CHN WGM 2524 0-1 / 1/2 Ju, Wenjun advances to face Humpy Koneru
Hou, Yifan CHN GM 2591 1-0 / 0-1 / 1/2 / 1-0 Hou, Yifan advances to face Kateryna Lahno
Zhu, Chen QAT GM 2477
Lahno, Kateryna UKR GM 2522 1-0 / 1/2 Kateryna Lahno advances to face Hou, Yifan
Huang, Qian CHN WGM 2402
