GM Enamul Hossain Rajib shared the lead in the Commonwealth Chess Championship along with 20 other players at the close of the third round in Delhi yesterday.
Rajib beat FM Rajesh to secure a maximum of three points from as many games.
GM Niaz Murshed, FM Abu Sufian Shakil and FM Mohammad Javed are in joint second position with 2.5 points while FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag and Debaraj Chatterjee earned two points each.
IWM Rani Hamid and Abdullah Al Saif secured 1.5 points.
A total of 311 players including 20 grandmasters, 21 International Masters from 15 countries are taking part in the event.