<p>Earlier, in the second round Stany eased past Mangalore’s Praveen Kamath. <br />Former state champion Aravind Shastry of Bangalore also won his second and third round matches against Mysore’s Amogha HA and Sushrutha Reddy of Bangalore respectively.<br />Mysore’s Girish A Koushik scored twin victories. <br /><br />Girish scored an easy win over Neeraj S Pai of Shimoga in the second round and then the Mysorean pipped Ganesh Kumar of Mangalore in the third round.<br /><br />Naren N Kumar overcame Gautam J K’s challenge while Suraj M beat Vanessa D’Souza to conjure up three points each after three rounds of matches.<br />In days other matches, Gopal Krishna P overcame Nisha N Patkar and Upendra K defeated Gautam J K.<br /><br />As many as eight players share the top spot with three points after three round of matches. <br /><br />Earlier, in round two, held in the morning, Yashas D outplayed Rakshith R Umesh and Gautam J K scored a comfortable victory over Chrisel Ann Pais.<br /><br />Important Results: Round III: Karthik HS (2) lt to Stany GA (3); Sushrutha Reddy (2) lt to Arvind Shastry (3); Ganesh Kumar (2) lt to Girish A Koushik (3); Yashas D (2.5) drew Augustin A (2.5); Navalgund Niranjan (3) bt Kaushik R (2); Suraj M (3) bt Vanessa D`souza (2); Nisha N Patkar 2 lt to Gopal Krishna P (3); Raju M (2.5) drew Shreeshan S (2.5); Santosh Kashyap HG (3) bt Satvik M (2); Deshik KJ (2) lt to Nihal Manjunath (3); Gautam JK (2) lt to Naren N Kumar (3); Sumith Bhat (2) lt to Upendra K (3); Kulkarni Vinayak (3) bt Manoj R (2); Nikhilesh M Holla 2 lt to Sameer Ghotane (3); Kishan Gangolli (3) bt Shyam Sunder HS (2).<br /><br />Round II: Stany GA (2) bt Praveen Kamath (1); Arvind Shastry (2) bt Amogha HA (1); Girish A Koushik (2) bt Neeraj S Pai (1); Rakshith R Umesh (1) lt to Yashas D (2); Gahan MG (1.5) drew Vijeth TA (1.5); Gautam MD (1) lt to Navalgund Niranjan (2); Shreyas Sudhakar (1) lt to Suraj M (2); Gopalkrishna P (2) bt Andria L D`Souza (1); Shalon Joanne Pais (1) lt to Raju M (2); Gavi Siddayya (1) lt to Manoj R (2); Pangal Gopalkrishna Nayak (1) lt to Santoshkashyap HG (2); Nihal Manjunath (2) bt Yarra Hemachandra Rao (1); Chrisel Ann Pais (1) lt to Gautam JK (2); Upendra K (2) bt Manas Lakshmiprasad (1); Shreyas Ram DN (1) lt to Kulkarni Vinayak (2).</p>
<p>Earlier, in the second round Stany eased past Mangalore’s Praveen Kamath. <br />Former state champion Aravind Shastry of Bangalore also won his second and third round matches against Mysore’s Amogha HA and Sushrutha Reddy of Bangalore respectively.<br />Mysore’s Girish A Koushik scored twin victories. <br /><br />Girish scored an easy win over Neeraj S Pai of Shimoga in the second round and then the Mysorean pipped Ganesh Kumar of Mangalore in the third round.<br /><br />Naren N Kumar overcame Gautam J K’s challenge while Suraj M beat Vanessa D’Souza to conjure up three points each after three rounds of matches.<br />In days other matches, Gopal Krishna P overcame Nisha N Patkar and Upendra K defeated Gautam J K.<br /><br />As many as eight players share the top spot with three points after three round of matches. <br /><br />Earlier, in round two, held in the morning, Yashas D outplayed Rakshith R Umesh and Gautam J K scored a comfortable victory over Chrisel Ann Pais.<br /><br />Important Results: Round III: Karthik HS (2) lt to Stany GA (3); Sushrutha Reddy (2) lt to Arvind Shastry (3); Ganesh Kumar (2) lt to Girish A Koushik (3); Yashas D (2.5) drew Augustin A (2.5); Navalgund Niranjan (3) bt Kaushik R (2); Suraj M (3) bt Vanessa D`souza (2); Nisha N Patkar 2 lt to Gopal Krishna P (3); Raju M (2.5) drew Shreeshan S (2.5); Santosh Kashyap HG (3) bt Satvik M (2); Deshik KJ (2) lt to Nihal Manjunath (3); Gautam JK (2) lt to Naren N Kumar (3); Sumith Bhat (2) lt to Upendra K (3); Kulkarni Vinayak (3) bt Manoj R (2); Nikhilesh M Holla 2 lt to Sameer Ghotane (3); Kishan Gangolli (3) bt Shyam Sunder HS (2).<br /><br />Round II: Stany GA (2) bt Praveen Kamath (1); Arvind Shastry (2) bt Amogha HA (1); Girish A Koushik (2) bt Neeraj S Pai (1); Rakshith R Umesh (1) lt to Yashas D (2); Gahan MG (1.5) drew Vijeth TA (1.5); Gautam MD (1) lt to Navalgund Niranjan (2); Shreyas Sudhakar (1) lt to Suraj M (2); Gopalkrishna P (2) bt Andria L D`Souza (1); Shalon Joanne Pais (1) lt to Raju M (2); Gavi Siddayya (1) lt to Manoj R (2); Pangal Gopalkrishna Nayak (1) lt to Santoshkashyap HG (2); Nihal Manjunath (2) bt Yarra Hemachandra Rao (1); Chrisel Ann Pais (1) lt to Gautam JK (2); Upendra K (2) bt Manas Lakshmiprasad (1); Shreyas Ram DN (1) lt to Kulkarni Vinayak (2).</p>
