Three Indian players are competing at the O2C Doeberl Cup Premier, 2015. GMs Surya Shekhar Ganguly, R.B. Ramesh and WGM AarthieRamaswamy had a sedate start to the event by drawing their first round games and winning the second.
The top-seed GM Loek van Wely had a rough first day where he lost to Australian IM Gary Lane (Elo. 2350).
In a notable coincidence, the husband-wife pair of Gm R.B. Ramesh and WGM Aarthie Ramaswamy found themselves facing each other in the very first round. Though the game eventually did end in a draw, it was by no means a pre-arranged result as WGM Ramaswamy went all out with a classical bishop sacrifice.
Pairings for Round 3 (Top 12 boards) :
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Pts. | Name | Rtg |
| 1 | Wallis Christopher | 2359 | 2 | 2 | Zhou Weiqi | 2627 |
| 2 | Lane Gary W. | 2350 | 2 | 2 | Smirnov Anton | 2410 |
| 3 | Johansen Darryl K | 2409 | 2 | 2 | Zelesco Karl | 2252 |
| 4 | Morris James | 2401 | 2 | 2 | Yuan Ye | 2114 |
| 5 | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2619 | 1½ | 2 | Litchfield Frederick | 2013 |
| 6 | Heberla Bartlomiej | 2556 | 1½ | 1½ | Puccini Jack | 2265 |
| 7 | Loh Zachary | 2230 | 1½ | 1½ | Ramesh R.B. | 2472 |
| 8 | Izzat Kanan | 2434 | 1½ | 1½ | Atzmon-Simon Barak | 2127 |
| 9 | Bliznyuk Andrey | 2093 | 1½ | 1½ | Tan Justin | 2407 |
| 10 | Stojic Dusan | 2147 | 1½ | 1½ | Bjelobrk Igor | 2366 |
| 11 | Li Zuhao Luke | 2323 | 1½ | 1½ | Press Harry | 1828 |
| 12 | Ramaswamy Aarthie | 2042 | 1½ | 1½ | Dale Ari | 2321 |