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Nine share lead

KOZHIKODE: Nine players shared the lead after the third round of the Calicut FIDE rating all-India chess tournament at the V.K. Krishna Menon Indoor Stadium here on Tuesday.

The leaders, D.P. Singh, K. Ratnakaran, R.R. Laxman, G.N. Gopal, Jayankur Chougale, Ram S. Krishna, M. Vinod Kumar, E.P. Nirmal and P.V. Gireesh all have three full points with seven rounds remaining.

The results:

Round three: A.K. Jagadeesh 2 lost to D.P. Singh 3; K. Ratnakaran 3 bt K. Sujeesh 2; Naveen S. Hegde 2 lost to R.R. Laxman 3; G.N. Gopal 3 bt M.A. Joy Lazer 2; Jayankur Chougale 3 bt O.T. Anil Kumar 2; M.B. Muralidharan 2.5 drew with P.M. Pradeep Kumar 2.5; M.P. Ajith 2 lost to Ram S. Krishna 3; M. Vinod Kumar 3 bt G.S. Sreejith 2; M. Kannan 2 lost to E.P. Nirmal 3; U.C. Mohanan 2.5 drew with K. Praveen 2.5; P.V. Gireesh 3 bt Langala Srisharsha 2; K.R. Madhusoodanan 2.5 drew with S. Nitin 2; K. Haridas 2.5 bt V.M. Jishore 1.5; P.T. Sebastian 1.5 lost to T. Goutham 2.5; V.S. Unnikrishnan 1.5 lost to K. Narayanan 2.5.

Round two: D.P. Singh bt Vijay Kumar; P.S. Ameer lost to K. Ratnakaran; R.R. Laxman bt Bindu K. Saritha; Girish K. Kaushik lost to G.N. Gopal; O.T. Anil Kumar bt Nithin Prem; Mohammed Fawaz lost to M.B. Muralidharan; Ram S. Krishna bt V.M. Rajeev; Jethin Saji Isaac lost to M. Vinod Kumar; E.P. Nirmal bt P.K. Arjun; J.B. Vighneswara lost to U.C. Mohanan; S. Nithin drew with C.T. Pathrose; Sanjid Lathif lost to P.V. Gireesh; K. Sujeesh bt Noorudheen; A. Niji drew with K. Haridas.

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