<p>Antonio, second seed Niranjan Navalgund and Ninad V Prabhu Khanolkar, both from Belgaum, Kedar Umesh Vaze, Shreeshan S and Rakshith Umesh, all three from Shimoga, share the top slot after six round of matches. <br /><br />Antonio and Niranjan signed truce in the 25th move while Shreeshan and Kedar agreed for a draw in a short time. In the girls section, Commonwealth under-14 silver medalist, Shristi J Shetty of Shimoga eased out team-mate Akshatha R in 27 moves to move into joint lead with five points. Shristi, Nisha N Patkar, Gangamma B N of Mysore, Shalon Joanne Pais of Mangalore and Swathi M R of Tumkur share the top slot with two points after two rounds of matches.<br /><br /><br />DH News Service<br /><br />Important results:<br /><br /> Boys (round 6): Antonio Viani D'cunha (Man, 5) drew with Niranjan Navalgund (Bel, 5); Kedar Umesh Vaze (Shi, 5) drew with Shreeshan S (Shi, 5); Vivekananda L (Mys, 4) lt to Rakshith R Umesh (Shi, 5); Akash K Shetty (Chik, 4) lt to Ninad V Prabhu Khanolkar (Bel, 5); Sameer Kulkarni (Bel, 4.5) bt Silambarasan J (Bel, 3.5); Vedant Patil P (Bel, 4) drew with Chirag M Ramesh (Mys, 3.5); Gautam M D (Has, 4.5) bt Akshay V Halagannavar (Dha, 3); Rohit Kumar (Bel, 3) lt to Benadikar Shashank D (Bel, 4); Akash Kulgod (Bel, 3.5) drew with Sumanth Jois (Shi, 3.5); Vishwanath R Shirahatti (Dha, 3) lt to Anant Prakash Sharma (Bel, 4).<br /><br />Girls (round 2): Shristi J Shetty (Shi, 2) bt Akshatha R (Shi, 1); Ayesha S K (Bell, 1) lt to Nisha N Patkar (Shi, 2); Gangamma B N (Mys, 2) bt Deeksha M R (Mys, 1); Manasa H R (Mys, 1) lt to Shalon Joanne Pais (Man, 2); Lenita Mathais (Man, 1) lt to Swathi M R (Tum, 2).</p>
<p>Antonio, second seed Niranjan Navalgund and Ninad V Prabhu Khanolkar, both from Belgaum, Kedar Umesh Vaze, Shreeshan S and Rakshith Umesh, all three from Shimoga, share the top slot after six round of matches. <br /><br />Antonio and Niranjan signed truce in the 25th move while Shreeshan and Kedar agreed for a draw in a short time. In the girls section, Commonwealth under-14 silver medalist, Shristi J Shetty of Shimoga eased out team-mate Akshatha R in 27 moves to move into joint lead with five points. Shristi, Nisha N Patkar, Gangamma B N of Mysore, Shalon Joanne Pais of Mangalore and Swathi M R of Tumkur share the top slot with two points after two rounds of matches.<br /><br /><br />DH News Service<br /><br />Important results:<br /><br /> Boys (round 6): Antonio Viani D'cunha (Man, 5) drew with Niranjan Navalgund (Bel, 5); Kedar Umesh Vaze (Shi, 5) drew with Shreeshan S (Shi, 5); Vivekananda L (Mys, 4) lt to Rakshith R Umesh (Shi, 5); Akash K Shetty (Chik, 4) lt to Ninad V Prabhu Khanolkar (Bel, 5); Sameer Kulkarni (Bel, 4.5) bt Silambarasan J (Bel, 3.5); Vedant Patil P (Bel, 4) drew with Chirag M Ramesh (Mys, 3.5); Gautam M D (Has, 4.5) bt Akshay V Halagannavar (Dha, 3); Rohit Kumar (Bel, 3) lt to Benadikar Shashank D (Bel, 4); Akash Kulgod (Bel, 3.5) drew with Sumanth Jois (Shi, 3.5); Vishwanath R Shirahatti (Dha, 3) lt to Anant Prakash Sharma (Bel, 4).<br /><br />Girls (round 2): Shristi J Shetty (Shi, 2) bt Akshatha R (Shi, 1); Ayesha S K (Bell, 1) lt to Nisha N Patkar (Shi, 2); Gangamma B N (Mys, 2) bt Deeksha M R (Mys, 1); Manasa H R (Mys, 1) lt to Shalon Joanne Pais (Man, 2); Lenita Mathais (Man, 1) lt to Swathi M R (Tum, 2).</p>
