Olga Zharkova (Kaliningrad, RUS) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Zharkova defeated Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Jelgava, LAT) 6-5, then won 7-5 against Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO). Zharkova went on to lose 6-5 against Zuzana Hajkova (Praha, CZE). Zharkova lost 5-5 to Bingyu Wang (Harbin, CHN). Zharkova lost 6-3 to Binia Feltscher (Flims, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 23 of the event schedule, Zharkova did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 44th place on the World Ranking Standings with 32.775 total points. Zharkova ranks 31st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 27.775 points earned so far this season.