Eight players shared the top spot in the Marcel International Rating Chess tournament, securing 3 points each after the third round matches held in the capital's Green Road Sunday.
They are FM Subrota Biswas, FM Mohammad Javed, Anat Choudhury, CM Md Sharif Hossain, Jabed Al Azad, Md Abzid Rahman, Md Masum Hossain and Md Azmaeen Parvez Sayor.
IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin, CM Sohel Chowdhury, Tutul Dhar and Osman Gani shared the second position with 2.5 points each.
In today's matches, CM Sohel drew with IM Minhaz, FM Subrota beat Feroz Ahmed, Sayor beat FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman, Anata beat SK Rashedul Hasan, Masum beat FM Khandaker Aminul Islam, CM Sharif beat Rubel Hossen, FM Javed beat Md Sagor, Jabed beat Moniruzzaman Moni, Abzid beat Abdul Momin, Tutul beat Mukitul Islam Ripon, and Osman beat Md Abu Sayed.
The fourth round matches will be held Monday from 2pm at the same venue.