Armenian grandmaster Lilit Mkrtchian tied her Fide Women’s Grand Prix round 9 game against China’s Ju Wenjun; Elina Danielian lost to Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia).

China’s Ruan Lufei and Hou Yifan beat Zhao Xue (China) and Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (Russia) respectively, with the remaining games ending in draws.