U osmom kolu velemajstor Monika Socko je u minijaturi savladala vodeću Irinu Bulmagu. Protivnice su napravile heterogene rokade i napad bijele se pokazao bržim pa se Bulmaga predala posle 19 poteza.
WGM Jovana Rapport je pobjedila WIM Catherinu Michelle, dok je WIM Ljilja Drljević poražena posle 83 poteza od FM Bibisare Assaubayeve.
U devetom kolu protivnica Jovane je Smirnova Ekaterina (2249), dok je Ljiljina protivnica Kyrkjebo Hanna B. (1963), pa se mogu očekivati pobjede u oba susreta.
Rezultati 8. kola, 2020/01/11 u 17:00
Stanje posle 8. kola
Socko,Monika (2413) – Bulmaga,Irina (2446) [C68]
10th Sharjah International Cup fpr Wome Sharjah Chess Club (8), 11.01.2020
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0–0 f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.c3 Qe7 8.Be3 0–0–0 9.Nbd2 Bh5 10.b4 h6 11.Qc2 g5 12.a4 Be8 13.Rfb1 h5 14.b5 cxb5 15.axb5 axb5 16.dxe5 g4
17.Ra8+ Kd7 18.Qd3+ Ke6 19.Rxd8 1–0
Drljevic,Ljilja (2193) – Assaubayeva,Bibisara (2375) [D14]
10th Sharjah International Cup fpr Wome Sharjah Chess Club (8), 11.01.2020
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.Ne5 Qb6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.f3 e6 10.Na4 Qb4+ 11.Kf2 c5 12.Bd2 Qb7 13.Nxc5 Bxc5 14.dxc5 Qxb2 15.Rc1 0–0 16.Bc3 Qb8 17.g4 Bg6 18.h4 h6 19.Qd2 e5 20.g5 Nh5 21.Qxd5 e4 22.Be5
22…e3+ 23.Kxe3 Re8 24.f4 Qb4 25.Qc4 Qxc4 26.Rxc4 f6 27.Bh3 fxe5 28.f5 Bf7 29.Ra4 Nf4 30.Bg4 Nd5+ 31.Kf2 Nc3 32.Ra6 Ne4+ 33.Ke3 Nxc5 34.Ra3 Nd7 35.Rd1 Nb6 36.Kf2 e4 37.Rd4 hxg5 38.hxg5 g6 39.Ra5 gxf5 40.Bxf5 e3+ 41.Kg3 Bc4 42.Be4 Rad8 43.Rxd8 Rxd8 44.Kf3 a6 45.Kxe3 Bb5 46.Bd3 Nc4+ 47.Bxc4+ Bxc4 48.Kf3 Rf8+ 49.Ke3 Re8+ 50.Kd4 Bxe2 51.Re5 Rd8+ 52.Kc3 Bb5 53.Re6 Rd3+ 54.Kb2 Rd2+ 55.Kb3 Rd4 56.Kb2 Rb4+ 57.Kc3 Ra4 58.Kb3 Rg4 59.Kc3 Rxg5 60.a4 Rc5+ 61.Kb3 Bf1 62.Rf6 Rc1 63.Kb4 Kg7 64.Rd6 Kf7 65.Ka5 Ke7 66.Rh6 Kd7 67.Rf6 Kc7 68.Rh6 Rc5+ 69.Kb4 Rf5 70.Rg6 a5+ 71.Kb3 Be2 72.Rg7+ Kb6 73.Rd7 Rf3+ 74.Kb2 Kc5 75.Rd2 Bc4 76.Rc2 Kb4 77.Ka1 Ra3+ 78.Kb2 Rxa4 79.Rc1 Ra2+ 80.Kb1 Rd2 81.Ka1 Ka3 82.Rc3+ Bb3 83.Rc1 Bc2 0–1
Rapport,Jovana (2333) – Michelle Catherina,P (2143) [D30]
10th Sharjah International Cup fpr Wome Sharjah Chess Club (8), 11.01.2020
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.e3 Qd8 7.Nc3 Be7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 c6 10.0–0 0–0 11.Ne5 Nd7 12.f4 Nxe5 13.fxe5 Bg5 14.Qe2 Be6 15.Bc2 c5 16.Qd3 g6 17.dxc5 Qc7 18.Qd4 Rac8 19.b4 b6 20.Na4 Be7 21.Rac1 bxc5 22.bxc5 Bxc5 23.Nxc5 Qxc5 24.Qf4 h5 25.h3 Qe7 26.Bb3 Rc5 27.Kh2 Rfc8 28.Rcd1 Qb7 29.Rd4 Re8 30.Rfd1 Kh7
31.e4 Qe7 32.exd5 Bf5 33.Re1 Qd8 34.e6 Qf6 35.Rdd1 Kg7 36.exf7 Rf8 37.d6 Bd7 38.Qxf6+ Kxf6 39.Re7 Bc6 40.Rxa7 1–0
Parovi 9. kola, 2020/01/12 u 16:00
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | ||
| 1 | FM | Assaubayeva Bibisara | 2375 | 6 | 6½ | GM | Socko Monika | 2413 | |
| 2 | IM | Bulmaga Irina | 2446 | 6 | 6 | WGM | Nguyen Thi Mai Hung | 2254 | |
| 3 | WGM | Abdulla Khayala | 2275 | 6 | 6 | IM | Sukandar Irine Kharisma | 2402 | |
| 4 | IM | Zimina Olga | 2367 | 6 | 6 | WIM | Dordzhieva Dinara | 2326 | |
| 5 | WGM | Li Xueyi | 2307 | 6 | 6 | IM | Khukhashvili Sopiko | 2343 | |
| 6 | WIM | Smirnova Ekaterina | 2249 | 6 | 6 | WGM | Rapport Jovana | 2333 | |
| 7 | WGM | Gevorgyan Irina | 2216 | 6 | 5½ | WIM | Asatryan Sona | 2085 | |
| 8 | WIM | Kubicka Anna | 2258 | 5½ | 5½ | WIM | Pujari Rucha | 2187 | |
| 9 | Samaganova Alexandra | 2008 | 5 | 5 | WGM | Gong Qianyun | 2371 | ||
| 10 | WFM | Radeva Viktoria | 2338 | 5 | 5 | WFM | Boshra Alshaeby | 1979 | |
| 11 | WFM | Dhyana Patel | 1969 | 5 | 5 | WGM | Heinemann Josefine | 2317 | |
| 12 | Soyunlu Narmin | 2020 | 5 | 5 | WFM | Bykova Anastasia | 2247 | ||
| 13 | WGM | Suleimanova Ava | 2213 | 5 | 5 | Kyrkjebo Marte B. | 1880 | ||
| 14 | WIM | Kiolbasa Oliwia | 2196 | 5 | 5 | Shanya Mishra | 1907 | ||
| 15 | Kyrkjebo Hanna B. | 1963 | 5 | 5 | WIM | Drljevic Ljilja | 2193 | ||
| 16 | WCM | Al Maamari Wafia Darwish | 1866 | 5 | 5 | Babayan Armine | 2186 |


