Armenian city of Jermuk hosted a drawing ceremony for Fide Women’s Grand Prix chess tournament, with the 1st round pairings drawn as follows:

Humpy Koneru (India) - Zhao Xue (China), Nino Khurtsidze (Georgia) - Ju Wenjun (China), Elina Danielian (Armenia) - Lilit Mkrtchian (Armenia), Hou Yifan (China) - Munguntuul Batkhuyag (Mongolia), Ruan Lufei (China) - Kateryna Lahno (Ukraine), Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (Russia) - Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia).