Evgeniy Demkina (Moscow, RUS) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Demkina finished 2-3 in the 32 team International Bernese Ladies Cup qualifying round, held January 8 - 11, 2015 in , . In their opening game, Demkina lost 4-2 to Imogen Oona Lehmann (Fuessen, GER), then responded with a 5-3 win over Jennifer Martin (Kilmarnock, SCO). Demkina won 5-4 against Nina Roth (Blaine, USA). Demkina went on to lose 7-4 against Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI). Demkina lost 6-4 to Ursi Hegner (Uzwil, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 20 of the event schedule, Demkina did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 178th to 181st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 1.995 total points. Demkina ranks 135th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.995 points earned so far this season.