Dutch GM Sergei Tiviakov (2611) leads the tournament with 6.0/7 by half a point. IM Diptayan Ghosh (2531) drew with two Grandmasters to move to 5.0/7.
IM N. Srinath (2476) drew his seventh round game with a player rated lower than him to move to 4.5/7, while IM Sayantan Das (2444) lost to a Grandmaster to be left stranded at 4.0/7.
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IM N. Srinath (2476) and IM Syantan Das (2444) suffered defeat in the hands of players rated over 2600 to be left behind at 3.0/5. Two players are in lead currently with 4.5/5.
IM Diptayan Ghoash (2531) came back strongly after his shock defeat in the second round to register his third straight victory to move to 4.0/5.
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IM Diptayan Ghosh (2531) and IM Sayantan Das (2444) suffered shock defeats to players rated lower than them in the second round. At the end of three rounds, they stand at 2.0/3.
Meanwhile, IM N. Srinath (2476) came back strongly after a first round draw to win the next two rounds. He stands at 2.5/3 and will now take on one of the higher seeds, Bulgarian GM Delchev (2604) in the fourth round.
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IM Narayanan Srinath (2476) suffered a draw at the hands of a much lower rated Apostolos Papapostolou (1971) to start with 0.5/1. The tournament is led by Israeli GM Evgeny Postny (2648).
IM Sayantan Das (2444) and IM Diptayan Ghosh (2531) won their respective games to move to 1.0/1.
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