Top seed Shreyansh Somaiya kept his unbeaten run intact with a win over Nikhil Joshi in Round 3 of the All India Chess Masters Season 4 at Mumbai Chess Centre. Reyaansh Venkat, Kush Ajay Agarwal, AGM Rajveer Pinkesh Nahar and Mayuresh Parkar also won, while Janhavi Soneji drew with Ashish Jain Tvesha, organisers said.

Mumbai, May 25: Round 3 of the All India Chess Masters – Season 4 witnessed several exciting encounters as leading players continued their strong performances at the Mumbai Chess Centre, hosted at the Russian Centre for Science and Culture, Pedder Road, Mumbai.

Top seed Shreyansh Somaiya (1973) maintained his unbeaten run with a convincing victory over Nikhil Joshi (1645), while Reyaansh Venkat (1906) defeated Samarth Patkar (1624) to remain among the leaders.

Another important result on the top boards saw Kush Ajay Agarwal (1835) score a valuable win against Bhardwaj Saksham (1594). Meanwhile, AGM Rajveer Pinkesh Nahar (1801) overcame Deepak Jadhav Aditya (1588) in a competitive encounter to stay in contention.

One of the closely fought games of the round ended in a draw between Janhavi Soneji (1792) and Ashish Jain Tvesha (1576), while Mayuresh Parkar (1781) continued his fine run with a victory over Nihal Bhosale (1580).