JOIN USIn the girls’ category, Shimoga’s Shristi J Shetty and Andria L D’Souza of Mangalore were on top of the table with three points each at the end of the third round.
Results: Boys, round V: GA Stany (Shi, 4.5) drew Niranjan Navalgund (Bel, 4.5); Nikhil Hebbar (Udu, 3) lt to Shreeshan S (Shi, 4); Ninad V Prabhu Khanolkar (Bel, 3) lt to Anishcharith C Bhandary (Man, 4); Varma Shabdhik (Man, 3.5) drew TA Vijeth (Ban, 3.5); Sharan Rao (Man, 4) bt Vivekraj (Man, 3); Pangal Gopalkrishna Nayak (Man, 3.5) drew Neeraj S Pai (Shi, 3); Govind Prabhu (Man, 3) drew RU Anantharam (Man, 3); Hermon Dain Saldanha (Man, 2.5) lt to Nikhilesh M Holla (Man, 3.5); Arjun Adappa (Man, 3.5) bt Pavan P Bhat (Man, 2); BN Gautham (Man, 2) lt to Nagakiran S (Bha, 3).
Girls, round III: Shristi J Shetty (Shi, 3) bt Vanessa D’Souza (Man, 2); HR Manasa (Mys, 1.5) lt to Andria LD’Souza (Man, 3); Nisha N Patkar (Shi, 2) bt Panchami Shenoy K (Man, 1); Shalon Joanne Pais (Man, 2) bt Mahima Khandige (Man, 1); Reesha Shenoy (Man, 1) lt to Sridevi Bhat (Man, 2); Vani S Indrali (Hub, 1) bt Swathi Bhat (Man, 2); Suraksha U Rao (Man, .5) lt to Suparna K Holla (Man, 1).