Round 9 is now a crucial round where four players are still in contention to win. Here are the matchups:
| GM | Sebag Marie | 2489 | - | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2550 |
| GM | Chiburdanidze Maia | 2502 | - | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2546 |
| IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2410 | - | GM | Cramling Pia | 2516 |
| GM | Danielian Elina | 2454 | - | IM | Fierro Baquero Martha L | 2363 |
| GM | Xu Yuhua | 2484 | - | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2607 |
| IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2475 | - | GM | Zhu Chen | 2495 |
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