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Ganguly held

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NEW DELHI: Amravati-lad Swapnil Dhopade proved equal to second seed and four-time National champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly in the third round of the 6th Parsvnath International Open chess tournament, here on Monday.

Twenty-seven players lead with perfect score of three.

The results (Indian unless stated): Third round: P. Shyam Nikhil (2) lost to Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (Iri, 3); Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2.5) drew with Swapnil Dhopade (2.5); M. R. Lalith Babu (2) lost to Igor Kurnosov (Rus, 3); Abhijit Kunte (3) bt K. Priyadarshan (2); J. Ramakrishna (2) lost to Elizbar Ubilava (Esp, 3); Yuri Solodovnichenko (Ukr, 3) bt Prasenjit Datta (2); S. Mari Arul (2) lost to Dzhumaev Marat (Uzb, 3); S. Rishipal Singh (2.5) drew with Nguyen Anh Dung (Vie, 2.5); Enamul Hossain (Ban, 3) bt Yana Melnikov (Rus, 2); Debashish Das (2) lost to Morteza Mahjoob (Iri, 3); Abhijeet Gupta (2) lost to Ram Prakash (3); Kiran Manisha Mohanty (2) lost to Shukhrat Safin (Uzb, 3); Ziaur Rahman (Ban, 3) bt P. Praveen Prasad (2); Soumyaranjan Mishra (2.5) drew with Aswin Jayaram (2.5); M. R. Venkatesh (2.5) drew with Praveen Kumar (2.5); Nassir Wajih (3) bt Shojaat Ghane (Iri, 2); S. Kidambi (3) bt T. Purushothaman (2); K. Ratnakaran (2.5) drew with Jasur Madjidov (Uzb,2.5); S. Arun Prasad (3) bt Shekhar Sahu (2); P. Saravana Krishnan (2) lost to Morteza Darban (Iri, 3); Akshayraj Kore (2.5) drew with Sahaj Grover (2.5); M. S. Thejkumar (3) bt Sudhir Kumar Sinha (2); Pradeep Kumar (2) lost to V. Saravanan (3); C. Natarajan (2) lost to G. B. Prakash (3); Vishnu Prasanna (3) bt Swayams Mishra (2); E.P. Nirmal (2.5) drew with Swati Ghate (2.5); Abhishek Das (2) lost to N. Srinath (3); Sohel Chowdhury (2) lost to N. Sudhakar Babu (3); Mehar Chinna Reddy (3) bt Aditya Udeshi (2); Praful Mehta (2) lost to D. P. Singh (3); Taibur Rahman (Ban, 3) bt Santosh Kumar Sinha (2); V. A. V. Rajesh (2) lost to Arjun Tiwari (3); Shashikant Kutwal (3) bt Bitan Banerjee (2); Santu Mondal (2.5) drew with Akash Thakur (2.5); Atanu Lahiri (3) bt Vinoth Kumar (2); V.S. Negi (2.5) drew with Akshat Khamparia (2.5); Sohan Phadke (2.5) drew with Pranav Shetty (2.5); Hardik Mehta (2) lost to Pravin Thipsay (2.5); Saidali Iuldachev (Uzb, 2.5) bt T. Suresh Kumar (1.5); Sapar Batryrov (Tkm, 2.5) bt Dushyant Das (1.5); Chander Pal (2.5) bt Sriram Jha (1.5).

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