WFM GK Monnisha, Tamil Nadu; Varshini V(1987), Tamil Nadu; Divya Lakshmi (1895), Tamil Nadu; Arpita Mukherjee (1883) of West Bengal; Sunyasakta Satpathy, Odisha; Lasya G, AP; Harini S; WFM Bindu Sarita, LIC; WFM Swati Mohata, West Bengal; Pranali Dharia, Maharashtra are also in joint third spot with five points each.
IM Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (2314) of Air India, IM Nisha Mohota (2248) of PSPB, WGM Swati Ghate (2234) of LIC and WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty (2231) of LIC are in joint lead with six points each.
They are closely followed in the second position with the score of 5.5 points each by WGM Padmini Raut (2354) of Odisha, Nimmy George (2118) of Kerala, Bala Kanamma (1984), Lakshmi Praneetha (2005) of Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Pratusha Bodda (2033) of AP.
WGM Soumya Swaminathan ( 2352) of PSPB and WGM Bhakti Kulkarni( 2328) of Goa remain on 4.5 points.
IM Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (2314) of Air India who is the first Women Grand Master of India held IM Nisha Mohota (2248) of PSPB.
Bala Kannama of Tamil Nadu playing with white pieces drew with WGM Padmini Raut after 67 moves. WGM Swati Ghate bt Harini Sadu. WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty (2231) of LIC outplayed Divya Lakshmi ( 1895) of Tamil Nadu, . Nimmy George ( 2118) of Kerala played a very good game and forced WGM Soumya Swaminathan ( 2352) of PSPB to resign after 28 moves , WFM GK Monisha ( 2078) drew with Varshini V ( 1987) of Tamil Nadu while Pratusha Bodda ( 2033) defeated Harshita Gudatantti of Andhra Pradesh.
WIM Ivana Furtado (2182) drew with WFM Arpita Mukherji (1883) of West Bengal while WGM Bhakti Kulkarni (2328) lost to Lakshmi Praneetha (2005) of AP in 74 moves.
Among the other Goan players, WFM Riya Savant defeated Ankhita Goud Palle of AP while Adittee Prabhugaonkar (1574) defeated Sheena E (1825) of Kerala.
