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The 2019 Commonwealth Chess Championship began successfully under the aegis of the Delhi Chess Association. The tournament consists of 94 players with 13 Grandmasters and 11 International Masters.
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The tournament started with GM Abhijeet Gupta as the top seed with an Elo of 2606. The multiple times champion of the Commonwealth tournament has so far maintained a clean slate with 3.0/3. He is sharing the lead with National Champion GM Aravindh Chithambaram and GM MS Thejkumar.
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Rank after Round 3
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 1 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2606 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 4,0 | 5,0 |
3 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2598 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 4,0 | 5,0 | |
13 | GM | Thejkumar M. S. | IND | 2458 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 4,0 | 5,0 | |
4 | 12 | GM | Kunte Abhijit | IND | 2478 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 4,5 | 6,0 |
15 | GM | Laxman R.R. | IND | 2437 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 4,5 | 6,0 | |
6 | 14 | GM | Karthikeyan P. | IND | 2445 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 4,5 | 5,5 |
27 | IM | Saravana Krishnan P. | IND | 2290 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 4,5 | 5,5 | |
34 | FM | Ajay Karthikeyan | IND | 2227 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 4,5 | 5,5 | |
35 | FM | Srihari L R | IND | 2214 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 4,5 | 5,5 | |
10 | 11 | IM | Krishna C R G | IND | 2481 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 4,0 | 5,0 |