National Chess Championship 2024: Grandmaster Sankalp Gupta takes the lead after Round 4

With the fourth round of the National Chess Championship 2024 ending in Gurugram, Haryana, International Master Neelash Saha is leading with four points along with Sankalp Gupta. A total of nine players hold four points, with four consecutive wins in the first four rounds. Sayantan Das and Surya Shekhar Ganguly slid down to the third and fourth positions, respectively.

Karthik Venkataraman, Deep Sengupta, and Venkatesh MR took the fifth, sixth, and seventh slots after the fourth round. Meanwhile, Zahid Raihaan and Aronyak Ghosh occupy the ninth and 10th ranks, respectively.

Multiple top players settled for draws in Round 4 with some interesting pairings set to be a part of the fifth round. The top two players Neelash Saha and Sankalp Gupta will lock horns in the fifth round of the National Chess Championship.

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National Chess Championship 2024, Round 4: Results (Top 15 Players)

Neelash Saha 1 - 0 Shrayan Majumder

Sankalp Gupta 1 - 0 Dinesh Sharma

Sayantan Das 1 - 0 Balkishan A

Surya Shekhar Ganguly 1 - 0 Krishna CRG

Karthik Venkataraman 1 - 0 Ranjan Utkal Sahoo

Deep Sengupta 1 - 0 Karthik Sai

Venkatesh MR 1 - 0 Iniyan Pa

Zahid Raihaan 1 - 0 Lalit Babu MR

Aronyak Ghosh 1 - 0 Hemant Agarwal Mukund

Diptayan Ghosh 1/2 - 1/2 Swapnil Dhopade

Antonio Dcunha Viani 1/2 - 1/2 Mitrabha Guha

Nikhil Shyaam P 1/2 - 1/2 Sethuraman SP

Visakh NR 1/2 - 1/2 Tejas Shah Jihan

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National Chess Championship 2024, Round 4: Top 20 rankings

1. Neelash Saha - 4 Points

2. Sankalp Gupta - 4

3. Sayantan Das - 4

4. Surya Shekhar Ganguly - 4

5. Venkataraman Karthik - 4

6. Deep Sengupta - 4

7. Venkatesh MR - 4

8. Zahid Raihaan - 4

9. Aronyak Ghosh - 4

10. Diptayan Ghosh - 3.5 Points

11. Antonio Dcunha Viani - 3.5

12. Swapnil Dhopade - 3.5

13. Nikhil Shyaam - 3.5

14. Sethuraman SP - 3.5

15. Visakh NR - 3.5

16. Vignesh NR - 3.5

17. Mitrabha Guha - 3.5

18. Deepan Chakkravarthy - 3.5

19. Sriram Jha - 3.5

20. Ajay Karthikeyan - 3.5

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National Chess Championship 2024, Round 5: Top 5 ranked players pairings

Neelash Saha vs Sankalp Gupta

Sayantan Das vs Karthik Venkataraman

Surya Shekhar Ganguly vs Deep Sengupta