Yifan Hou survived an all out push from Stefanova to win the Ulaanbaatar Women’s Grand Prix. Stefanova ended in 2nd place while Kosintseva, Zhao Xue and Koneru tied for 3rd – 5th.
Final standings:
| Rk | SNo. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | SB. | |
| 1 | 4 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2577 | CHN | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 39,00 |
| 2 | 8 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2560 | BUL | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ | 36,00 |
| 3 | 9 | GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2562 | RUS | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 32,50 |
| 4 | 10 | GM | Zhao Xue | 2462 | CHN | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6½ | 34,75 |
| 5 | 1 | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2600 | IND | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 6½ | 36,00 |
| 6 | 6 | GM | Chiburdanidze Maia | 2514 | GEO | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 28,50 |
| 7 | 11 | GM | Xu Yuhua | 2488 | CHN | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 25,50 |
| 8 | 12 | WGM | Shen Yang | 2435 | CHN | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 5 | 26,00 |
| 9 | 5 | GM | Zhu Chen | 2476 | QAT | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 25,75 |
| 10 | 2 | GM | Sebag Marie | 2519 | FRA | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 4 | 19,50 |
| 11 | 7 | IM | Batkhuyag Munguntuul | 2421 | MGL | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 3½ | 16,75 |
| 12 | 3 | WIM | Yildiz Betul | 2235 | TUR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | 2 | 10,25 |
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