Niranjan, Karthik in lead

Important fifth-round results: Boys: U-17: Benadikar Shashank D (Belgaum, 4) lt to Niranjan Navalgund (Belgaum, 5); Antonio Viani D’Cunha (Mangalore, 4.5) drew Shreeshan S (Shimoga, 4.5); Manoj R (Hassan, 4) lt to Karthik HS (Bangalore, 5); Rakshith R Umesh (Shimoga, 4) drew Girish Reddy (Gulbarga, 4); Ninad V Prabhu Khanolkar (Belgaum, 4.5) bt Gurudutt  Joshi (Dharwad, 3.5); Srinivas T Kulkarni (Gulbarga, 4) drew Vedant Patil P (Belgaum, 3.5); U-14: Nikhil R Umesh (Shimoga, 4) lt to Augustin A (Kodagu, 5); Satvik M (Bangalore, 4) lt to Gopalkrishna Pangal Nayak (Mangalore, 5); Dheeraj HS (Mangalore, 4) lt to Shabdhik Varma  (Mangalore, 5); KS  Pranav (Shimoga, 3.5) lt to Akash K Shetty (Chikamagalur, 4.5); Subramanya Acharya N (Shimoga, 4.5) bt Nikhilesh M Holla (Mangalore, 3.5); Athreya G (Hassan, 4) bt Sachin TV (Bangalore, 3.5); Girls: U-17: Deeksha MR (Mysore, 5) bt Vanessa D’Souza (Mangalore, 4); Shalon Joanne Pais (Mangalore, 5) bt Sindhuja (Bangalore Rural, 4); Suman Ramesh (Bangalore, 4) lt to Swathi MR (Tumkur, 5); Afreen Zbe M (Bellary, 3.5) lt to Surekha (Bagalakote, 5); U-14: Akshatha R (Shimoga, 4) drew Andria L D’Souza (Mangalore, 4); Ananya S (Kodagu, 4) bt Ashwini Bagewadi (Belgaum, 4); Vani S Indrali (Dharwad, 4) lt to Sampada HR (Hassan, 4); Sanjana R (Shimoga, 3.5) lt to Vradhika Shetty (Udupi, 3.5); Amrita Narayan (Bangalore, 3.5) bt Reesha S (Mangalore, 3.5).