JOIN USKarnataka’s Arvind Shastry and Sharang S and three other State players are among the 14 sharing the lead with three points each at the end of the third round of the 2nd MDCA all-India Open FIDE-rated chess tournament at the Teresian Higher Primary School auditorium here on Sunday.
Along with Shastry and Sharang, Karnataka’s Raghavendra V, Augustin A and Manjunath J are also in the lead after registering wins in the third round.
Important Results (Round III): Aravind Babu L (AP, 2) lt to Ram S Krishnan (TN, 3); Arvind Shastry (Kar, 3) bt Vivekananda L (Kar, 2); Sushrutha Reddy (Kar, 2) lt to Kunal M (TN, 3); Aravindh Chitambaram VR (TN, 2) lt to Sharang MS (Kar, 3); Naren S Kumar (Kar, 2) lt to Pranav Vijay (TN, 3); Alex Thomas K (Ker, 2) bt Akil ASJ (TN, 2); Iniyan P (TN, 2.5) drew Vijendra YG (Kar, 2.5); Vinoth Kumar M (TN, 3) bt Solomon Rathna Sekaran (TN, 2); Ravindra Teja Muttineni (AP, 2) lt to Gireman Ja (TN, 3); Manigandan SS (TN, 3) bt Durgesh K (Kar, 2); Parthasarathy R (Kar, 2) lt to Prasanna S (TN, 3); Roshan Rangarajan (Mah, 3) bt Kapil Pawse (Goa, 2); Sharan Rao (Kar, 2) lt to Raghavendra V (Kar, 3); Augustin A (Kar, 3) bt Deshik KJ (Kar, 2); Teja Suresh M (AP, 2.5) drew Santosh Kashyap HG (Kar, 2.5); Ganesh R (TN, 2.5) drew Krishna Karthik N (AP, 2.5).