National Chess Championship 2024: Grandmaster Sankalp Gupta takes the lead after Round 4
With the fourth round of the National Chess Championship 2024 ending in Gurugram, Haryana, International Master Neelash Saha is leading with four points along with Sankalp Gupta. A total of nine players hold four points, with four consecutive wins in the first four rounds. Sayantan Das and Surya Shekhar Ganguly slid down to the third and fourth positions, respectively.
Karthik Venkataraman, Deep Sengupta, and Venkatesh MR took the fifth, sixth, and seventh slots after the fourth round. Meanwhile, Zahid Raihaan and Aronyak Ghosh occupy the ninth and 10th ranks, respectively.
Multiple top players settled for draws in Round 4 with some interesting pairings set to be a part of the fifth round. The top two players Neelash Saha and Sankalp Gupta will lock horns in the fifth round of the National Chess Championship.
National Chess Championship 2024, Round 4: Results (Top 15 Players)
Neelash Saha 1 - 0 Shrayan Majumder
Sankalp Gupta 1 - 0 Dinesh Sharma
Sayantan Das 1 - 0 Balkishan A
Surya Shekhar Ganguly 1 - 0 Krishna CRG
Karthik Venkataraman 1 - 0 Ranjan Utkal Sahoo
Deep Sengupta 1 - 0 Karthik Sai
Venkatesh MR 1 - 0 Iniyan Pa
Zahid Raihaan 1 - 0 Lalit Babu MR
Aronyak Ghosh 1 - 0 Hemant Agarwal Mukund
Diptayan Ghosh 1/2 - 1/2 Swapnil Dhopade
Antonio Dcunha Viani 1/2 - 1/2 Mitrabha Guha
Nikhil Shyaam P 1/2 - 1/2 Sethuraman SP
Visakh NR 1/2 - 1/2 Tejas Shah Jihan
National Chess Championship 2024, Round 4: Top 20 rankings
1. Neelash Saha - 4 Points
2. Sankalp Gupta - 4
3. Sayantan Das - 4
4. Surya Shekhar Ganguly - 4
5. Venkataraman Karthik - 4
6. Deep Sengupta - 4
7. Venkatesh MR - 4
8. Zahid Raihaan - 4
9. Aronyak Ghosh - 4
10. Diptayan Ghosh - 3.5 Points
11. Antonio Dcunha Viani - 3.5
12. Swapnil Dhopade - 3.5
13. Nikhil Shyaam - 3.5
14. Sethuraman SP - 3.5
15. Visakh NR - 3.5
16. Vignesh NR - 3.5
17. Mitrabha Guha - 3.5
18. Deepan Chakkravarthy - 3.5
19. Sriram Jha - 3.5
20. Ajay Karthikeyan - 3.5
National Chess Championship 2024, Round 5: Top 5 ranked players pairings
Neelash Saha vs Sankalp Gupta
Sayantan Das vs Karthik Venkataraman
Surya Shekhar Ganguly vs Deep Sengupta