International Master Adhiban continued to impress and he held higher ranked GM Eltaj Safarli of Azerbaijan to a draw in 26 moves of a Sicilian defence game.

FM Sahaj Grover continued his excellent run against the Grandmasters, accounting for Super Grandmaster Gadir Guseinov of Azerbaijan.

Another youngster who impressed was Vidit Santosh Gujrathi who drew his game against another Super GM Aleksej Aleksandrov of Belarus.

Top board results:

GM Sandipan Chanda (5) drew with GM Nigel Short (4.5)

GM Ziaur Rahman (4) lost to GM Viktor Laznicka (5)

GM Parimarjan Negi (4.5) drew with GM Magesh Chandran (4.5)

GM Le Quang Liem (5) beat GM Enamul Hossain (4)

GM Eltaj Safarli (4.5) drew with IM B.Adhiban (4.5)

GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili (4.5) beat IM R.R.Laxman (4)

GM Merab Gagunashvili(4) drew with GM Ni Hua (4)

GM Evgeny Postny (4) drew with GM Sundararajan Kidambi (4)

FM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (4) drew with GM Aleksej Aleksandrov (4)

GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly (4.5) beat GM Abhijit Kunte (3.5)