IM Swayangsu Satyapragyan (2392) did a commendable job of holding the second seeded Russian GM Vladimir Burmakin (2571) to a draw. There were a host of upset draws in the top few boards.
Curiously, some of the Indian players were pitted against each other. This too saw a couple of draws, with CM Abhimanyu Puranik (2328) holding IM Diptayan Ghosh (2523) and Aniruddha Deshpande (2268) holding IM Narayanan Srinath (2464). All of them moved to 1.5/2. IM MS Thejkumar (2467) however suffered a defeat in the hands of compatriot Prantik Roy (2292) to be left stranded at 1.0/2.
Check the round 3 pairings here.