U osmom kolu Gorjačkina je pobjedila direktnu rivalku Zhu Jiner, dok je Katerina Lagno pobjedila njemačku šahistkinju Elizabetu Paehtz. Posle 8.kola u vođstvu su Aleksandra Gorjačkina i Katerina Lagno sa 6 poena. Na trećem mjestu je kineska šahistkinja Zhu Jiner sa 5 poena.
Goryachkina,Aleksandra (2579) – Zhu,Jiner (2464) [A28]
Astana WGP 2022 Astana KAZ (8.3), 26.09.2022
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bc5
5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bb4 7.dxe5 Nxe4 8.Qf3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Ba5 10.Bf4 0–0 11.Be2 d6 12.Rd1 Re8 13.c5 Qh4 14.Bg3 Qg5 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.h4 Qf5
17.exd6 Qxf3 18.gxf3 Bxc3+ 19.Kf1 Bd7 20.Bc4 h5 21.Rc1 Be5 22.Kg2 Bxg3 23.Kxg3 Rad8 24.Rhd1 Be6 25.Bb5 Bd7 26.Bxd7 Rxd7 27.Rc7 Red8 28.Rxd7 Rxd7 29.Kf4 Kf8 30.Ke5 Rd8 31.Kd5 g6 32.Rc1 Ke8 33.Re1+ Kf8 34.Re7 Rb8 35.Rc7 Ke8 36.Ke5 a5 37.Re7+ Kf8
38.Kf6 b5 39.Rxf7+ Kg8 40.Rg7+ Kf8 41.Rh7 Kg8 42.Ra7 Rf8+ 43.Kxg6 1–0
Lagno,Kateryna (2547) – Paehtz,Elisabeth (2477) [B30]
Astana WGP 2022 Astana KAZ (8.4), 26.09.2022
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.0–0 Nge7 5.Re1 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.c3 Qb6 8.Qb3 g6 9.Na3 Bg7 10.Nc2 e5 11.cxd4 exd4 12.a4 0–0 13.a5 Qc7 14.d3 a6 15.Bc4 Nc6 16.Bd2 d6 17.Bd5 Qe7 18.f4 Nd8 19.e5 Nc6 20.Qc4 Bd7 21.Nxd4 Nxd4 22.Qxd4 dxe5 23.fxe5 Be6 24.Bxe6 Qxe6 25.Qe4 Rfd8 26.Bc3 Rd5 27.Re3 Rad8 28.Rf1 R8d7 29.h3 Re7 30.d4 Re8 31.Ref3 Re7 32.Qc2 Red7 33.Qf2 Qe8 34.Rf4 Qe6 35.Qf3 Qe8 36.h4 Qe6 37.h5 Rb5 38.Qe4 Rbd5 39.Rh4 Qe8 40.Rf3 Qe6 41.h6 Bf8 42.Rf6 Qe8 43.Rhf4 Bxh6
44.e6 Bxf4 45.exf7+ Qxf7 46.Rxf7 Kxf7 47.Qxf4+ Rf5 48.Qb8 Rfd5 49.Qh8 Ke6 50.Qe8+ Kf6 51.Bb4 h5 52.Qe4 Kf7 53.Bc5 Rf5 54.Qe3 Kg7 55.Qe8 Rfd5 56.Qf8+ Kh7 57.Be7 Rf5 58.Bf6 g5 59.Qe8 1–0
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Series 2022-2023 – 1st Leg – Astana, Kazakhstan
| 8. Тур on 2022/09/26 в 15:00 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | Рейт | Имя | Результат | Имя | Рейт | |||||||
| 1 | 2510 | IM | Shuvalova Polina | 1 – 0 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2521 | |||||
| 2 | 2449 | IM | Vaishali R | ½ – ½ | GM | Abdumalik Zhansaya | 2503 | |||||
| 3 | 2579 | GM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | 1 – 0 | WGM | Zhu Jiner | 2464 | |||||
| 4 | 2547 | GM | Lagno Kateryna | 1 – 0 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | 2477 | |||||
| 5 | 2491 | IM | Kashlinskaya Alina | 0 – 1 | WGM | Wagner Dinara | 2358 | |||||
| 6 | 2443 | IM | Assaubayeva Bibisara | 0 – 1 | GM | Tan Zhongyi | 2525 |
Место после 8 тура
| Ст.ном | Имя | ФЕД. | Рейт. | Очки | |||
| 1 | GM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | FID | 2579 | 6 | ||
| 2 | GM | Lagno Kateryna | FID | 2547 | 6 | ||
| 3 | WGM | Zhu Jiner | CHN | 2464 | 5 | ||
| 4 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | FID | 2521 | 4 | ||
| 5 | IM | Vaishali R | IND | 2449 | 4 | ||
| 6 | IM | Kashlinskaya Alina | POL | 2491 | 4 | ||
| 7 | GM | Abdumalik Zhansaya | KAZ | 2503 | 3,5 | ||
| 8 | WGM | Wagner Dinara | GER | 2358 | 3,5 | ||
| 9 | GM | Tan Zhongyi | CHN | 2525 | 3,5 | ||
| 10 | IM | Assaubayeva Bibisara | KAZ | 2443 | 3,5 | ||
| 11 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | GER | 2477 | 2,5 | ||
| 12 | IM | Shuvalova Polina | FID | 2510 | 2,5 |