 The penultimate round featured six of the top seven teams in the standings after nine rounds playing each other.The match between the top two teams in the standings after nine rounds, China and Poland.The Chinese team won narrowly 2½-1½ as Hou Yifan won with the Black pieces against Monika Soćko on the top board and Tan Zhongyi against Klaudia Kulon on the last board; Jolanta Zawadzka scored the only full point for Poland with her victory with the Black pieces against Ju Wenjun in a game in which the Chinese was down an exchange for nebulous compensation, while Zhao Xue successfully defended a rook endgame that was completely winning for Karina Szczepkowska-Horowska.