Scenes of fierce concentration, young dreams, and quiet stories happening across hundreds of boards.
After three intense rounds, only 71 of nearly 1200 participants have managed to preserve a perfect score of three points, underscoring the fierce level of competition across all sections.
Two players tie for the top in Open U18 section; Open U16 and Open U12 categories each have six co-leaders, while seven players are tied for first place in both Open U14 and Open U10 tournaments.
In girls categories GU18, GU12 and GU8, each section has five players tying for the top with the perfect score, 3 players share the lead in GU16 category, GU14 field is tightly packed with nine players on 3/3 score, and seven players emerged on the top of GU10 championship.
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More photos of Round 3 by Mark Livshitz can be foud here »
