Chithamabaram took his tally to 3.5 points out of a possible four and shares the lead with local star A R Saleh Salem and Hans Moke Niemann of United States. Top seed and World No. 7 Erigaise Arjun of India registered second straight win at the expense of Manuel Petrosyan.

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