D'Cunha prevails over Chirag; Niranjan wins

 
Niranjan Navalgund also is on two points following his win over Hubli’s Gaurav S Bangera.
Meanwhile, Kedar Umesh of Shimoga prevailed over Dharwad’s Girish Reddy to join the crowded top slot after the second round.

Results (second round): Antonio Viani D’Cunha (Mangalore, 2) bt Chirag M Ramesh (Mysore, 1); Gaurav S Bangera (Hubli, 1) lt to Navalgund Niranjan (Belgaum, 2); Kedar Umesh Vaze (Shimoga, 2) bt Girish Reddy (Dharwad, 1); Gautam MD (Hassan, 1.5) drew Benadikar Shashank D (Belgaum, 1.5); Harish S Pujari (Belgaum, 1) lt to Shreeshan S (Shimoga, 2); Harish SS (Belgaum, 1) lt to Vivekananda L (Mysore, 2); Sameer Kulkarni (Belgaum, 2) bt Manoj B Kulkarni (Belgaum, 1); NikhilBS (Shimoga, 1) lt to Ninad V Prabhu Khanolkar (Belgaum, 2); Vedant Patil P (Belgaum, 2) bt Sherwin Padavil (Mangalore, 1); Siddharth VN (Belgaum, 1) lt to Rakshith R Umesh (Shimoga, 2); Sliambarasan (Belgaum, 1) lt to Akash K Shetty (Mangalore, 2); Akash Kulgod (Belgaum, 1) lt to Srinivas T Kulkarni (Belgaum, 2); Srirang Abhay Kulkarni (Belgaum, 1) lt to Akshay V Halagannavar (Belgaum, 2); Avdhut Ashok Jadhav (Belgaum, 1) lt to Sumath Jois (Shimoga, 2); Jahnavi B Kulkarni (Belgaum, 0.5) lt to Vivekraj (Hassan, 2).