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National Chess Championship 2024: Grandmaster Surya Shekhar continues to lead after Round 3

The third round of the 61st National Chess Championships 2024 ended in Gurugram, Haryana, with multiple players leading the chart. Grandmaster Surya Shekhar is second with three consecutive wins.

Interestingly, with eight more rounds to go, 24 players are sharing the lead on three points. Dinesh Sharma is right on top in the standings after the win against Bhavya Gupta in the third round.

Diptayan Ghosh, Sankalp Gupta, Neelash Saha, and Hemant Mukund occupy the next four positions in the standings. In Round 4, Dinesh will lock horns with Sankalp, who is currently fourth.

On the other hand, Surya Shekhar will take on Krishna CRG. Diptayan Ghosh will compete with Swapnil Dhopade, Neelash Saha will take on Shrayan Majumder and Hemanth Mukund Agarwal will be taking on Aronyak Ghosh.


National Chess Championship 2024, Round 3: Results (Top 15 Players)

Dinesh Sharma 1 - 0 Bhavya Gupta

Surya Shekhar 1 - 0 Shubhi Gupta

Diptayan Ghosh 1 - 0 Madhvendra Pratap

Sankalp Gupta 1 - 0 Harshit Sahu

Neelash Saha 1 - 0 Roshan Sivan

Hemant Mukund 1 - 0 Bheron Sahil

Venkataman Karthik 1 - 0 Alluri Bhaskara

Krishna CRG 1 - 0 Sharsha Backer

Venkatesh MR 1 - 0 Rachit Gurnani

Zahid Raihaan 1 - 0 Hari Chandran

Shrayan Majumder 1 - 0 Shahan Vohra

Sethuraman, S.P. 1 - 0 Kiran Manisha Mohanty

Deep Sengupta 1 - 0 Kheerthi Ganta

Lalit Babu 1 - 0 Tanmay Rajbongshi

Sayantan Das 1 - 0 Prathamesh Sherla


National Chess Championship 2024, Round 3: Top 20 Rankings

1. Dinesh Sharma - 3 Points

2. Surya Shekhar 3

Diptayan Ghosh - 3

Sankalp Gupta - 3

Neelash Saha - 3

Hemant Mukund - 3

7. Venkataraman Karthik - 3

Krishna CRG - 3

Venkatesh MR - 3

Zahid Raihaan - 3

Shrayan Majumder - 3

12. Sethuraman SP - 3

Deep Sengupta - 3

Lalit Babu - 3

Sayantan Das - 3

Nikhil Shyaam - 3

Swapnil Dhopade - 3

Viani Antonio - 3

Balkishan A - 3

20. Iniyan Pa - 3


National Chess Championship 2024, Round 4: Top 5 Pairings

Dinesh Sharma vs Sankalp Gupta

Surya Shekhar vs Krishna CRG

Diptayan Ghosh vs Swapnil Dhopade

Neelash Saha vs Shrayan Majumder

Hemant Mukund Agarwal vs Aronyak Ghosh

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