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