Visakhapatnam: Former Asian junior champion Deepan Chakravarthy of Tamil Nadu secured his third and final norm after a draw with defending champion Surya Sekhar Ganguly in the 10th round of the 43rd National A Chess Championship on Monday.

Koneru Humpy bounced back into the joint lead with Ganguly and Chakravarthy at the top of the table.

Humpy, Ganguly and Chakravarthy have all got 7.5 points in their bag but Humpy has an extra game in hand as she has already got a bye.

In the women’s championship being organised simultaneously, Woman Grandmaster Swati Ghate stretched her lead to a whopping 1.5 points after disposing the challenge of Orissa’s Kiran Manisha Mohanty.