At the third round of World Junior chess championship in Kocaeli, Turkey, Indian Grandmasters Vidit Gujrathi, S.P. Sethuraman and Grandmaster-in-waiting Debashis Das have won 2.5 points each. Sahaj Grover and S L Narayanan are another half a point adrift. Gujarathi played out a fighting draw with Bai Jinshi of China. S L Narayanan defeated Temur Igonin of Uzbekistan while Das overpowered Saiyn Zhanat of Turkey. Another Indian Grandmaster, S P Sethuraman made amends for his draw in the previous round and outplayed Ayan Akhmetov of Kazakhstan. Among other Indians in fray, Rakesh Kulkarni and Sameer Kathmale ended on the losing side. With ten rounds still to go, Yu Yangyi of China, A R Salem Saleh of UAE, Duda Jan-Krzysztof of Poland and Ipatov emerged as joint leaders with a perfect score. In the girls' championship being played simultaneously, G K Monnisha continued with her excellent run to beat Mitra Hejazipour of Iran and took her tally to 2.5 points. Having lost the second round, Indian duo of Padmini Rout and Ivana Maria Furtado made a strong comeback at the expense of Fronda Jan Jodilyn of Philippines and Laura Gueci of Italy. Rucha Pujari and Shrishti Shetty played out draws, while J Saranya went down against top seed Alina Kashlinskaya of Russia.