GM Ziaur Rahman is now sharing lead at the points table along with other 10 players after the completion of the third round games with maximum 3 points in the 10th KIIT International Chess Festival is now being held at Bhubaneswar, Orrisha in India.
GM Reefat Bin Sattar and FM Mohammad Fahad Rahman earned 2.5 points and are sharing second spot along with other 30 players.
Anisuzzaman Jewel has earned 2 points, GM Niaz Murshed, and Mohammad Sherajul Kabir earned 1.5 points each, Md. Jamal Uddin, Shahnaz Mohammad Farque, Mijanur Rahman, Md. Raju Ahmed and Sadman Hasan Dihan earned 1 point each and FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman earned half point.
In the 3rd round Zia beat Aksh PC Iyer of India, Reefat beat Jeet Jain of India, Fahad beat
Amarasinghe of Sri Lanka, Jewel beat Aagam Aditya of India, Niaz drew with Mohite Ranveer of India, Sheraj drew with Saravana Krishnan of India, Raju beat Goura Hari Mohapatra of India, Shahnaz lost to IM Sardana Rishi of India, Mijan lost to CM Himal Lama of Nepal, Jamal lost Hari Suresh of India, Dihan lost to IM K Rathnakaran of India, Mahfuz lost to Vinay Thomas Abraham of India, Hasan lost to Trisha Kanyamarala of India and Manon lost to Raunak Madal of India.
