KARACHI, June 26: Three major upsets were recorded in the third round of Sindh Chess Championship here at Karachi Chess Academy Tuesday night.

The round’s biggest shock was Dr.Haroon who humbled defending champion Master Waqar after four-hour marathon while, NM Haseeb Ahmed went down to Khalid Zafar, a veteran player of Hyderabad. Haseeb in the start of the middle game failed to save his threatened Queen and he paid the penalty for serious blunder.

In another surprise unknown Dawood outclassed NM Salman Farooqi of Hyderabad.

FIDE Master Omer Khan downed Ashfaq Khan in another shock of the day. Omer, who was making a comeback after lapse of two years, played a totally committed game to outwit his opponent.

Following are the results of other important matches: NM Aziz Farooqui bt Imtiaz Amed, NM Mehmood bt Yasin Qureshi, Akbar bt Shaikh Barkat, Fahim Barlas bt Asad Humayun, Tariq Ansari bt Imtiaz ul Haq, M.A. Muneer bt Munawar Baig, Shakir Hussain bt Shakil Ahmed, M.Rafiq bt Sharifuddin, Junaid Hameed bt G.M. Khan, NM Sabir bt Shahzad Ahmed, Faraz Saleem bt Tafseer Ahmed, Al-Haj Mehmood bt Azhar Aleem, Shakeel Iqbal bt Aziz Kanpuri, Ghayoor Ahmed bt Munawar Baig, Khalid Zafar bt Sultan Mohiuddin, Azeem Barlas bt Mustafa Ali, Riasat Ali Nazim bt Arsalan, Hasan Tariq bt Prince Jameel. Point tables after tghird round: FM Omer Khan, NM Aziz Farooqi, NM Sabir Khan, Khalid Zafar (Hyd), Dr. Haroon, Israr Hussain, Mohammed Dawood-3 points. Raees Ansari, M. Younus and Faraz Saleem-2.5-points.—APP