2nd seed Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta of PSPB in sole lead after defeating International Master Koustav Chatterjee of West Bengal, Top seed Grandmaster Sethuraman SP of PSPB defeated Grandmaster Deep Sengupta of PSPB.After the 5th Round GM Abhijeet Gupta leading the tournament with 5 points followed by GM Sethuraman SP, GM Mitrabha Guha, GM Visakh NR & IM Aronyak Ghosh.
Ranking Crosstable after Round 5
| Rank | Name | Rtg | Club | Type | Pts | |
| 1 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2601 | PSPB | 5 | |
| 2 | IM | Aronyak Ghosh | 2521 | RSPB | U20 | 4½ |
| 3 | GM | Mitrabha Guha | 2487 | West Bengal | 4½ | |
| 4 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | 2642 | PSPB | 4½ | |
| 5 | GM | Visakh N R | 2544 | RSPB | 4½ | |
| 6 | GM | Iniyan P | 2507 | Tamil Nadu | U20 | 4 |
| 7 | IM | Koustav Chatterjee | 2508 | West Bengal | U20 | 4 |
| 8 | Dere Pushkar | 2114 | Maharashtra | U20 | 4 | |
| 9 | IM | Kushagra Mohan | 2390 | Telangana | U18 | 4 |
| 10 | Sahoo Utkal Ranjan | 2333 | Odisha | 4 | ||
| 11 | Hari Madhavan N B | 2385 | Tamil Nadu | U20 | 4 | |
| 12 | IM | Mehar Chinna Reddy C.H. | 2405 | RSPB | 4 | |
| 13 | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 2566 | Goa | U16 | 4 |
| 14 | IM | Ratnakaran K. | 2304 | RSPB | 4 | |
| 15 | Garv Rai | 2181 | Delhi | U16 | 4 | |
| 16 | Bharadia Yash | 2117 | Rajasthan | U14 | 4 | |
| 17 | GM | Venkatesh M.R. | 2459 | PSPB | 4 |
Senior National Arbiter (SNA) Seminar & Exam on October 24 & 25, 2026, at the Rotary Club, The Mall, Shimla. 
Western Asian Junior/ Girls Chess Championship – 2026 from 22nd to 31st October 2026 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat 
Western Asian Youth Chess Championships – 2026 in Ahmedabad ,Gujarat from 22-31 October 2026 
Certificate of National Under 11 Chess Championship 2026 in Mangaluru from 02-08 August 2026 
Fide Trainer Seminar in Mohali from 02-04 October 2026 
SNA Seminar & Exam at Amity University, Near Chandigarh Airport, Airport Road, Mohali, Punjab on 03 & 04 October 2026.