Komal, Karthikay ahead

Komal Srivatsav Sajja of Bangalore upset his city-mate and top seed Pranav Anand to share the lead along with another Bangalorean Karthikay C at six points each after the sixth round in the State under-9 chess championship for boys and girls here at the Sarakari Naukarara Bhavana on Sunday.

Results: Boys (sixth round): Pranav Anand (5) lt to Komal Srivatsav Sajja (6); Karthikay C (6) bt Shree Krishna Pranama (4); Karthik Muruganantham (4) lt to Tanmay Karmarkar (5); Aghilan Nachiappan (5) bt Vishruth U (4); Siddharath Vezzu (5) bt Amaey Advait (4); Sumukh MG (4) lt to Araham Setiya (5); Tanav S (5) bt Prajwal P Shenoy (4); Shreenath Shenoy (4) lt to Vrishva Swaran M (5); Shashwath Prabhu (4.5) bt Aayush Boloor (3.5); Prajwal S (3.5) lt to Shreyas V (4.5).
Girls (5th round): Spandana M Raikar (5) bt Dhanyatha Corry (4); Madhuvanthi B (3.5) lt to Ananya Arumbakkam (5); Manisihka Srivastav (3) lt to Aarvi Jain (4); Ruchi A Toshniwal (3) lt to Anagha KGR (4); Mridhini MR (3) lt to Bhagyashree G Patil (4); Lavita Sweeny Tauro (3) lt to Shefali AN (4); Sanjana Rangunath (4) bt Sri Akshitha Sajja (2.5); Khushi Kapoor (3.5) bt Anvita Shekar (2); Ankitha R Rao (3) bt Sanjana Holkere (2); Praneetha Rao HV (2) lt to Archana S Indrali (3).