Iuldachev defeated India´s FIDE Master (FM) Akshat Khamparia in the second round and India´s Himanshu Sharma in the third. Timoshenko defeated Great Britain´s Ian Thomas in the second round while he beat Uzbekistan´s GM Marat Dzhumaev in the next round. Likewise, Mohr sidelined India´s International Master (IM) Atanu Lahiri and Bangladesh´s FM Mehdi Hasan.[break]
India´s GM Sriram Jha, IM Saptarshi Roy, MR Venkatesh and Bangladesh´s FM Javed Mohammad remained in the second position with 2.5 points each.
Jha drew with Bangladesh´s Debaraj Chatterjee in the second round and defeated Ahmed Minhazuddin in the third round. Roy secured victories over Nepal´s Balaram Napit and India´s Prantik Roy. Venkatesh shared points with Bangladesh´s Debaraj Chatterjee while Mohammed sealed victories Nepal´s Lav Kumar Shrestha and Uttam Raj Thapa.
Nepal´s Badri Lal Nepali, GM Marat Dzhumaev, Romania´s Ionel Luca, India´s Atanu Lahiri, Aksat Khamparia, Himanshu Sharma, Praveen Kumar, French Woman GM Nino Maisuradze, Slovenia´s Narcisa Mihevc-Mohr, Bangladesh´s Ahmed Minhazuddin and Mehdi Hasan collected two points each.
Nepal Champion Badrilal Nepali performed well with double victories. He defeated FIDE Master Manish Hamal and Hari Chandra Chaulagain. Nepal´s Uttam Raj Thgapa, Anil Rajbahak and Prachanda Malakar are trailing behind with 1.5 points points each.
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