ONGC A grabs early lead in Pool 2
Pool 1 has seven teams which means in each round one team gets a Bye. Pool 2 has eight teams which means each team gets to play seven matches. Currently, ONGC A is leading Pool 2 with a perfect 6/6. MRPL and IOC A are sharing the lead 5/6 in Pool 1, although it must be noted that IOC A has played only two matches as they had a Bye in the first round. The top four finishers of each Pool will advance to the Quarterfinals.
Pool 2 Round 2: ONGC A - BPCL: 2.5-1.5
GM Venkatesh M R scored the sole win for his team BPCL against the World no.2 and World Blitz 2022 Women Silver medalist, GM Koneru Humpy.
Venkatesh - Humpy
9...d6/h6 transposes into a Ruy Lopez-like structure. Black went for 9...Nxd5 10.exd5 e4 11.Ne1 Nb8 12.f3 f5 13.fxe4 fxe4 14.d3 e3 15.Qf3 Ra6 16.Qf7+ Kh8 17.Bxe3+ and Black's position fell apart soon.
Pool 1 Round 3: ONGC B - IOC A: 1-3
Former Asian Junior Open champion, IM Raahul V S (ONGC B) scored a fantastic victory over GM R Praggnanandhaa (IOC A).
Raahul - Praggnanandhaa
16.b3 gives Black a substantial advantage. However, it is not easy to find out how, especially in a rapid time control. 16...cxd3 17.Qxc6 and now computer recommends 17...Be6 to be the best continuation. 18.Nec3/Ng3 Rc8 is what's suggested. 17...Bh3 allows White to stay in the fight 18.Ng3 Rc8 19.Qxa6 Bg2 turns things in White's favor.
Find out the correct way to proceed for White after 19...Bg2. Raahul won the game in another seven moves.
Replay Pool 1 Round 1-3 games
Replay Pool 2 Round 1-3 games
Pool 1 Round 3 results
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | ONGC-B | IOC-A | 1 | : | 3 |
| 2 | MRPL | NRL | 3 | : | 1 |
| 3 | OIL-B | IOC AOD | 2 | : | 2 |
| 4 | IOC-B | bye | : |
Pool 2 Round 3 results
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | BPCL | BCPL | 4 | : | 0 |
| 2 | OIL-A | ONGC-A | 0 | : | 4 |
| 3 | HPCL-A | PETRONET LNG | 3 | : | 1 |
| 4 | EIL | HPCL-B | ½ | : | 3½ |
Pool 1 standings after Round 3
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 |
| 1 | 4 | MRPL | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | 1 | IOC-A | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 16 |
| 3 | 3 | ONGC-B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 24 |
| 4 | 2 | IOC-B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | 6 | IOC AOD | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 |
| 6 | 5 | OIL-B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 7 | NRL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
Pool 2 standings after Round 3
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 |
| 1 | 1 | ONGC-A | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10,5 | 30 | 26 |
| 2 | 2 | BPCL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9,5 | 13 | 24 |
| 3 | 6 | HPCL-B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7,5 | 20,5 | 20,5 |
| 4 | 3 | OIL-A | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 18 |
| 5 | 5 | EIL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5,5 | 10 | 14,5 |
| 6 | 4 | HPCL-A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 |
| 7 | 8 | BCPL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| 8 | 7 | PETRONET LNG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Pool 1 Round 4-7 pairings
| Round 4 on 2023/03/09 at 09:30 hrs | |||||
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | NRL | OIL-B | : | ||
| 2 | IOC-A | MRPL | : | ||
| 3 | IOC-B | ONGC-B | : | ||
| 4 | IOC AOD | bye | : | ||
| Round 5 on 2023/03/09 at 11:15 hrs | |||||
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | MRPL | IOC-B | : | ||
| 2 | OIL-B | IOC-A | : | ||
| 3 | IOC AOD | NRL | : | ||
| 4 | ONGC-B | bye | : | ||
| Round 6 on 2023/03/09 at 14:00 hrs | |||||
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | IOC-A | IOC AOD | : | ||
| 2 | IOC-B | OIL-B | : | ||
| 3 | ONGC-B | MRPL | : | ||
| 4 | NRL | bye | : | ||
| Round 7 on 2023/03/09 at 15:45 hrs | |||||
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | OIL-B | ONGC-B | : | ||
| 2 | IOC AOD | IOC-B | : | ||
| 3 | NRL | IOC-A | : | ||
| 4 | MRPL | bye | : | ||
Pool 2 Round 4-7 pairings
| Round 4 on 2023/03/09 at 09:30 hrs | |||||
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | BCPL | HPCL-B | : | ||
| 2 | PETRONET LNG | EIL | : | ||
| 3 | ONGC-A | HPCL-A | : | ||
| 4 | BPCL | OIL-A | : | ||
| Round 5 on 2023/03/09 at 11:15 hrs | |||||
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | OIL-A | BCPL | : | ||
| 2 | HPCL-A | BPCL | : | ||
| 3 | EIL | ONGC-A | : | ||
| 4 | HPCL-B | PETRONET LNG | : | ||
| Round 6 on 2023/03/09 at 14:00 hrs | |||||
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | BCPL | PETRONET LNG | : | ||
| 2 | ONGC-A | HPCL-B | : | ||
| 3 | BPCL | EIL | : | ||
| 4 | OIL-A | HPCL-A | : | ||
| Round 7 on 2023/03/09 at 15:45 hrs | |||||
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | HPCL-A | BCPL | : | ||
| 2 | EIL | OIL-A | : | ||
| 3 | HPCL-B | BPCL | : | ||
| 4 | PETRONET LNG | ONGC-A | : | ||
