Barua beat GM Pendyala Harikrishna while Ganguly accounted for Sriram Jha in the third round of the National 'A' chess championship to forge ahead.
Li Shilong and Zhang Zhong lead the field after six rounds in the Asian Chess Championship.
The International Master drew with Grandmaster Hua Ni of China to take his tally to 3.5 points in the fifth Asian Chess championship.
GM Krishnan Sasikiran recorded his second straight victory humbling GM Mahamad Al-Modiahki of Qatar in the fifth round.
The Indian GM took off with a lucky victory over Vitaly Tseshkovsky in the opening round of the Aeroflot International open.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
IM Neelotpal Das also continued with his good form and held GM Ashot Anastesian for the second time in the World Chess championship.
The Indian Grandmaster played a draw against highly regarded Ukranian in the first game of the second round in the World Chess Championship.\n\n
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran move into joint fifth spot after the fourth round of the Master's section of the Gibtele.com chess festival.
The top seed is closely followed by Kruttika Nadig after the fourth round in the National Junior girls' chess championship.
Grandmasters Surya Shekhar Ganguly and GM Sandipan Chanda continued to share the lead with 5.5 points after the conclusion of the seventh round of the 42nd National 'A' Chess Championship.
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The half point at the British chess championship boosted Ghate's changes of a Woman Grandmaster norm.
The Chennai collegian beat her team mate to take sole lead in the girls' section at the Asian junior chess championships.
Indian Grand Master Abhijit Kunte emerged as the sole leader with 4.5 points after the fifth round of the Kolkata International Open Chess tournament.
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The victory in the Aeroflot International Open Chess tournament helped the Indian ace to inch closer to second GM norm.
The two Indian Grandmasters played out a fighting draw amongst themselves to remain in joint lead after the third round of Gibraltar Chess Congress.
The Tisco GM beat compatriot Pendyala Harikrishna in the sixth round of the Tata International Chess tournament.
Jharkhand's Pritam Singh beat the GM as unfancied players ruled the roost on second day of the Tata International chess championship.
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The two players remain in joint lead after the seventh round of the 27th Asian Junior Chess championship.
Five others are half a point behind the top seed in joint second place, in the National Junior girls' chess championship.
They scored contrasting victories in the 8th round of the Asian Junior chess championships.
The India IM shares the lead with four others after the sixth round in the Asian Junior chess championship.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Marcin Dziuba of Poland, Leonid and Guseinov, all with 3.5 points apiece, shared the lead.
The veteran IM won the National women's 'B' chess title on better progressive scores.
The Indian GM lost to GM Nigel Short of England in the 8th round of the Gibtelecom Masters International Open Chess Congress.
Surya Shekhar Ganguly and Sandipan Chanda maintained their lead after the fifth round of the Gibtelecom Masters International Open chess tournament.
The two Grandmasters have 3.5 points each after four rounds in the National 'A' men's chess championship.
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The young Grandmaster scored a record nine points out of a possible 11 in the tournament.
With two more rounds to go, the Indian girl established a lead of 1.5 points over her nearest rival in the Asian junior chess championship.
The victory put Nadig in a two-way lead with Luong Phong Hanh of Vietnam in the Asian Junior girls' chess championship.
The victory over the defending champion gave Mishra sole lead in the CUSAT International Rating Open Chess Tournament.
Soumya Ranjan Mishra of Orissa closely follows the defending champion after seven rounds in the CUSAT chess tournament.
The administrators are busy thrashing out resumption plans but with the COVID-19 pandemic showing no signs of slowing down, India's sportsperson are pleading for caution as discussion rages on whether competitions can resume by August. Top stars from various disciplines want the waiting period to continue, while others pointed out at the loss it would cause in terms of fitness and readiness.
The third seed held defending champion and S Vijayalakshmi to win the National 'A' women's chess title.
The top seed drew his 11th round match against third seeded Ajbhijit Kunte in the men's National A chess championship.
