Reigning national champion GM Iniyan Pa moved into sole lead after defeating GM Alexei Fedorov in Round 3 of the 360 ONE Global Chess Festival in Mumbai. Iniyan reached 3 points, while seven players trail closely. Teen Shahan Vohra scored a major upset over 3rd seed Arun Kataria, and Madhvendra Pratap Sharma continued strong form in junior and challenger sections.

Reigning National Champion, GM Iniyan Pa of TN shot into sole lead with a convincing win over GM Alexei Fedorov of Belarus in the third round of the Masters Category of the 360 ONE Global Chess Festival, being played at the World Trade Centre in Mumbai. Iniyan has logged 3 points and trailing half a point behind him are seven players. Though there was no major upsets in the third round, overseas GMs continued to drop half points.

However, it was 15-year-old Shahan Vohra who created the biggest upset of the day, defeating 3rd seed Arun Kataria after the latter blundered in the Challengers section.

In another note-worthy, result FM Jval Saurin Patel defeated higher rated IM Kushagra Mohan while former World junior Champion, Abhijeet Gupta, after a disastrous first round, covered some lost ground with two back to back victories. IM Nubairshah Shaikh held higher rated GM Sankalp Gupta to a draw.

One of the promising talents on the Indian horizon,13-year-old Madhvendra Pratap Sharma had another good day, notching victories in both the Junior and Challenger Categories to jointly lead with 3 points in both sections. Another child prodigy, 14-year-old WIM Oshini Gunawardhana Devindya of Sri Lanka, who has been making waves in World Age Categories, opened her account with a victory over IM Sergio Duran Vega.