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.
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.
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 |
