<p> Stany has six points after six roundS of matches, a one point lead from his nearest rivals. Earlier, Stany eased past Navalgund Niranjan of Belgaum in round five after defeating HG Santosh Kashyap in the fourth round.<br /><br />Nihal had got past U-10 world champion Girish A Koushik in the fifth round to share the lead with Stany. Nihal, though, could not keep up the momentum as he fell to the Shimoga lad in the sixth round. <br /><br />As many as seven players are for second place at five points. <br />Important results: Round VI: Stany GA (6) bt Nihal Manjunath (5); Gahan MG (5) drew Yashas D (5); Girish A Koushik (5) bt Suraj M (4.5); Upendra K (4) lt to Arvind Shastry (5); Kulkarni Vinayak (4) lt to Navalgund Niranjan (5); Satvik M (4) lt to Vijendra YG (5); Gavi Siddayya (4.5) drew Vijeth TA (4.5); Nikhil R Umesh (4) lt to Santoshkashyap HG (5); Gopalkrishna P (4.5) bt Amogha HA (3.5); Sameer Ghotane (4) drew Neeraj S Pai (4); Rakshith R Umesh (4) drew Kishan Gangolli (4); Augustin A (4.5) bt Anishcharith C Bhandary (3.5); Sushrutha G (3.5) lt to Karthik HS (4.5); Kaushik R (3.5) lt to Bhat Narayan K (4.5); Louis Kumpala (3.5) lt to Ganesh Kumar (4.5).<br /><br />Round V: Navalgund Niranjan (4) lt to GA Stany (5); Nihal Manjunath (5) bt Girish A Koushik (4); D Yashas (4.5) bt P Gopalkrishna (3.5); Kishan Gangolli (3.5) lt to MG Gahan (4.5); M Suraj (4.5) bt S Shreeshan (3.5); Arvind Shastry (4) bt Sameer Ghotane (3.5); Sumith Bhat (3) lt to YG Vijendra (4); Varma Shabdhik (3) lt to Gavi Siddayya (4); HG Santosh Kashyap (4) bt Naren N Kumar (3); Praveen Kamath (3) lt to Upendra K (4); Kulkarni Vinayak (4) bt SM Bhagwat (3); HA Amogha (3.5) drew A Augustin (3.5); HS Karthik (3.5) drew Rakshith R Umesh (3.5); Neeraj S Pai (3.5) drew R Kaushik (3.5); Sushrutha Reddy (3) lt to Nikhil R Umesh (4).<br /><br />Round IV: GA Stany (4) bt HG Santosh Kashyap (3); Nihal Manjunath (4) Bt Arvind Shastry (3); Girish A Koushik (4) bt Kulkarni Vinayak (3); K Upendra (3) lt to Navalgund Niranjan (4); Sameer Ghotane (3.5) drew M Suraj (3.5); P Gopalkrishna (3.5) drew Kishan Gangolli (3.5); Naren N Kumar (3) lt to D Yashas (3.5); MG Gahan (3.5) bt M Raju (3.5); A Augustin (3) drew TA Vijeth (3); S Shreeshan (3.5) bt JK Gautam (2); YG Vijendra (3) bt Andria L D`Souza (2); Gavi Siddayya (3) bt R Parthasarathy (2); Shalon Joanne Pais (2) lt to HS Karthik (3); R Kaushik (3) bt Rishank S Nair (2); R Manoj (2) lt to Sushrutha Reddy (3).</p>
<p> Stany has six points after six roundS of matches, a one point lead from his nearest rivals. Earlier, Stany eased past Navalgund Niranjan of Belgaum in round five after defeating HG Santosh Kashyap in the fourth round.<br /><br />Nihal had got past U-10 world champion Girish A Koushik in the fifth round to share the lead with Stany. Nihal, though, could not keep up the momentum as he fell to the Shimoga lad in the sixth round. <br /><br />As many as seven players are for second place at five points. <br />Important results: Round VI: Stany GA (6) bt Nihal Manjunath (5); Gahan MG (5) drew Yashas D (5); Girish A Koushik (5) bt Suraj M (4.5); Upendra K (4) lt to Arvind Shastry (5); Kulkarni Vinayak (4) lt to Navalgund Niranjan (5); Satvik M (4) lt to Vijendra YG (5); Gavi Siddayya (4.5) drew Vijeth TA (4.5); Nikhil R Umesh (4) lt to Santoshkashyap HG (5); Gopalkrishna P (4.5) bt Amogha HA (3.5); Sameer Ghotane (4) drew Neeraj S Pai (4); Rakshith R Umesh (4) drew Kishan Gangolli (4); Augustin A (4.5) bt Anishcharith C Bhandary (3.5); Sushrutha G (3.5) lt to Karthik HS (4.5); Kaushik R (3.5) lt to Bhat Narayan K (4.5); Louis Kumpala (3.5) lt to Ganesh Kumar (4.5).<br /><br />Round V: Navalgund Niranjan (4) lt to GA Stany (5); Nihal Manjunath (5) bt Girish A Koushik (4); D Yashas (4.5) bt P Gopalkrishna (3.5); Kishan Gangolli (3.5) lt to MG Gahan (4.5); M Suraj (4.5) bt S Shreeshan (3.5); Arvind Shastry (4) bt Sameer Ghotane (3.5); Sumith Bhat (3) lt to YG Vijendra (4); Varma Shabdhik (3) lt to Gavi Siddayya (4); HG Santosh Kashyap (4) bt Naren N Kumar (3); Praveen Kamath (3) lt to Upendra K (4); Kulkarni Vinayak (4) bt SM Bhagwat (3); HA Amogha (3.5) drew A Augustin (3.5); HS Karthik (3.5) drew Rakshith R Umesh (3.5); Neeraj S Pai (3.5) drew R Kaushik (3.5); Sushrutha Reddy (3) lt to Nikhil R Umesh (4).<br /><br />Round IV: GA Stany (4) bt HG Santosh Kashyap (3); Nihal Manjunath (4) Bt Arvind Shastry (3); Girish A Koushik (4) bt Kulkarni Vinayak (3); K Upendra (3) lt to Navalgund Niranjan (4); Sameer Ghotane (3.5) drew M Suraj (3.5); P Gopalkrishna (3.5) drew Kishan Gangolli (3.5); Naren N Kumar (3) lt to D Yashas (3.5); MG Gahan (3.5) bt M Raju (3.5); A Augustin (3) drew TA Vijeth (3); S Shreeshan (3.5) bt JK Gautam (2); YG Vijendra (3) bt Andria L D`Souza (2); Gavi Siddayya (3) bt R Parthasarathy (2); Shalon Joanne Pais (2) lt to HS Karthik (3); R Kaushik (3) bt Rishank S Nair (2); R Manoj (2) lt to Sushrutha Reddy (3).</p>