Four players shared the lead in the Sultana Kamal 33rd National Women Chess Championship at the close of the third round at the Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall Room yesterday.

WFM Sharmin Sultana Shirin, WIM Shamima Akter Liza and WFM Zakia Sultana hold joint lead with 2.5 points each as Liza beat Mahmud Haque Chowdhury Moly, Zakia beat Arifa Khatun Moni and Sirin drew against WFM Nazrana Khan Eva.

In the day's other matches, Tanzina Akter Tani drew against Sharmin Samiha Simmi while the match between WIM Rani Hamid and Protiva Talukdar continued till this report was filed.