Top seed Soumya Ranjan Mishra and defending champion Anwesh Upadhyaya were among a bunch of 12 players, who shared the lead with three points each after completion of third round of the State Senior Chess Championship at the OUAT Campus at Bhubaneswar today.
Altogether 115 players, including 32 rated are vying for honours in the 11-round tournament, which offers a total prize money of Rs 18,000. Top four finishers of the week-long meet will represent Orissa in the National ``B`` championship to be held at Goa next month.