Kineska šahistkinja Tan Zhongyi je postigla važnu pobjedu protiv Bibisare Assaubayeve i kolo prije kraja ima poen više od američke šahistkinje Alice Lee. Bibisara je pala na diobu trećeg mjesta sa Carissom Yip.
| Rezultati 8.kola (18.08.2026) | ||||||
| Tan, Zhongyi | – Assaubayeva, Bibisara | 1-0 | 48 | E73 | King’s Indian Averbakh | |
| Yip, Carissa | – Tsolakidou, Stavroula | 1-0 | 47 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Muzychuk, Anna | – Kosteniuk, Alexandra | ½-½ | 39 | C17 | French Winawer | |
| Koneru, Humpy | – Divya, Deshmukh | ½-½ | 48 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Vaishali, Rameshbabu | – Lee, Alice | 0-1 | 45 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | |
Stanje posle 8.kola
| 1. | Tan, Zhongyi | g | CHN | 2520 | 6½ |
| 2. | Lee, Alice | m | USA | 2430 | 5½ |
| 3. | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | g | KAZ | 2538 | 4½ |
| 4. | Yip, Carissa | m | USA | 2459 | 4½ |
| 5. | Muzychuk, Anna | g | UKR | 2529 | 4 |
| 6. | Divya, Deshmukh | g | IND | 2490 | 4 |
| 7. | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | m | GRE | 2433 | 3½ |
| 8. | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2524 | 3 |
| 9. | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | g | IND | 2489 | 2½ |
| 10. | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | SUI | 2504 | 2 |
Efektan završetak partije kineske šahistkinje Tan Zhongyi
Tan,Zhongyi (2520) – Assaubayeva,Bibisara (2538) [E73]
6th Cairns Cup 2026 Saint Louis USA (8.2), 18.08.2026
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0–0 6.Be3 Na6 7.h3 e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.Qc2 a5 10.Nf3 b6 11.g4 Bd7 12.Nd2 c6 13.g5 Ne8 14.h4 Nc7 15.Nb3 cxd5 16.cxd5 a4 17.Nxc5 bxc5 18.f3 Qb8 19.h5 Rc8 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.Kf2 Bb5 22.Rh4 Bxe2 23.Qxe2 a3 24.b3 Qb4 25.Rc1 Ne8 26.Nd1 f5 27.Bd2 Qb6 28.exf5 gxf5 29.f4 c4+ 30.Be3 Qb7 31.bxc4 Ra4 32.Bd2 Qd7 33.Ne3 exf4 34.Rxf4 Be5 35.Rh4 Ng7 36.Rch1 Kf7 37.g6+ Kxg6 38.Rh7 Rg8 39.Qf3 Kf7 40.Nxf5 Ke8 41.Nxg7+ Bxg7 42.Bg5 Qa7+ 43.Kg2 Qf7 44.Re1+ Kf8 45.Qg4 Qxd5+ 46.Re4 Qxg5 47.Qxg5 Be5
48.Rh8 1–0
Yip,Carissa (2459) – Tsolakidou,Stavroula (2433) [C65]
6th Cairns Cup 2026 Saint Louis USA (8.3), 18.08.2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Ne7 5.c3 c6 6.Ba4 Ng6 7.0–0 Be7 8.Re1 0–0 9.Nbd2 Qc7 10.d4 d6 11.Bc2 Re8 12.Nf1 h6 13.Ng3 Bf8 14.h3 Be6 15.a4 Rad8 16.Be3 b6 17.Qc1 a6 18.Bd3 b5 19.Qc2 Rb8 20.b4 Nd7 21.a5 Qd8 22.Red1 Kh8 23.Be2 d5 24.Nxe5 Ndxe5 25.dxe5 Nxe5 26.f4 Qh4 27.Nh5 Ng4 28.Bd4 dxe4 29.f5 Bxf5 30.hxg4 Bxg4 31.Nf4 e3 32.Rf1 Bd6 33.Bxg4 Qxg4 34.Qe2 Qg5 35.Nh5 f6
36.Rxf6 Be5 37.Rf7 Qh4 38.g3 Qh3 39.Raf1 Bxd4 40.cxd4 Rg8 41.Qf3 Qe6 42.Rf5 e2 43.Re1 Qd6 44.Qc3 Rgf8 45.Qc5 Qxc5 46.Rxc5 Rfd8 47.Rxe2 1–0
Vaishali,Rameshbabu (2489) – Lee,Alice (2430) [C50]
6th Cairns Cup 2026 Saint Louis USA (8.5), 18.08.2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Be3 Bxe3 6.fxe3 0–0 7.Qd2 d6 8.Bb3 Ne7 9.0–0 Ng6 10.h3 c6 11.Nc3 Be6 12.g4 Bxb3 13.axb3 d5 14.Qg2 dxe4 15.dxe4 Qb6 16.Rae1 Qb4 17.g5 Nd7 18.Qg4 Rad8 19.Re2 f6 20.Rg2 Qc5 21.Re1 Qe7 22.Kh1 Rde8 23.Rd1 Nc5 24.h4 fxg5 25.Nxg5 h6 26.h5
26…Nf4 27.exf4 Rxf4 28.Qg3 hxg5 29.Qxg5 Nxe4 30.Nxe4 Rxe4 31.Kg1 Qxg5 32.Rxg5 Re7 33.Rd2 Kh7 34.Rdg2 Re1+ 35.Kf2 Rb1 36.Ke3 Rxb2 37.Rg6 Rb1 38.h6 gxh6 39.Rf6 Re1+ 40.Kd2 Rh1 41.Ke3 e4 42.Rf8 Rh3+ 43.Ke2 e3 44.Rgg8 Rh2+ 45.Ke1 Rxc2 0–1