Marina Romanko managed to repeat her last season success, winning the open women tournament at the Moscow Open, the open Russian Chess Cup, for the second time in a row. After beginning the event with seven consecutive victories, Marina started losing steam, drawing in the eighth round and then losing to Anastasia Bodnaruk in the ninth. Nonetheless, 7.5 points were enough to be tied for the first place. Romanko was challenged by Tatiana Khlichkova who defeated Lidia Tomnikova in the final round. However, the tie-breaker was in Romanko's favor.

Places third to eighth went to seven players, each scoring 7 points. They are Russia's Lidia Tomnikova, Anastasia Bodnaruk, Viktoria Tarasova, Maria Komyagina, Tamara Tcheremnova and Maria Manakova (Serbia). The bronze went to Tomnikova on the tie-breaks.