GMs Srinath Narayanan of India (above left) and Vitaliy Bernadskiy of Ukraine share the lead with 3 points each in as many rounds of the Sheikh Russel International Grand Masters Chess Competition-2021 at the Hotel Purbani in Dhaka. The event marks the occasion of the birth anniversary of Shahid Sheikh Russel, the youngest son of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The Sheikh Russell International Grand Masters Chess Competition is sponsored by Saif Powertech Limited and organized by the Bangladesh Chess Federation. At stake are a total of $55,000 in cash prizes. Watch the video in 
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Seventeen players follow with 2½ points each. They are: GM Sergey Tiviakov of Netherlands (above left), GM Michal Krasenkow of Poland, GM Asadli Vugar and Iskandarov Misratdin of Azerbaijan, GM Yuri Solodvnichenko Yuri of Ukraine, GM G A Stany, GM Shyam Sundar, GM Debashis Das, GM R R Laxman, IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete, IM Neelash Saha, IM Koustav Chatterjee, IM Mitrobha Guha and IM Sayantan Das of India, GM Mosadeghpour Masoud and IM Mousavi Seyed Khalil of Iran and GM Vadim Malakatko of Belgium.
Third round games were held today (Thursday). Above, GM Masoud (left) drew with GM Asadli Vugar.
Visit chess-results.com for round by round results, standings and to download games.
4th round games will start on tomorrow (Friday) from 3:00 PM at same venue.