JOIN USPlaying with black pieces in his opening match, Stany scored a convincing victory over Aneesh Aithal before defeating Sharan Rao in the second round.
Stany, on two points, shares the lead with a clutch of players in the boys’ category.
Important results: Boys, round two: Stany GA (2) bt Sharan Rao (1); Shreyas Sudhakar (1) lt to Navalgund Niranjan (2); Gahan MG (2) bt Pangal Gopalkrishna Nayak (1); Aditya Pai K (1) lt to Balkishan A (2); Augustin A (2) bt Arjun Adappa (1); Vivekraj (1) lt to Kishan Gangolli (2); Kedar Umesh Vaze (1.5) drew Vishruth Sham (1.5); Pavan P Bhat (1) lt to Varma Shabdhik (2); Anantharam RU (2) bt Vinod S Bhagavati (1); Sampreeth Monteiro1 (2) bt Aneesh Aithal (0).
Girls, round two: Manasa K (2) bt Panchami Shenoy K (1); Pavitra Jagtap (2) bt Mahima Khandige (1); Shalon Joanne Pais (2) bt Shraddha S Rao (1); Vradhika Shetty (1) lt to Eulalia AJ Pereira (2); Iris Maria D (0.5) lt to Swathi Bhat (1); Rashmi BG (0) lt to Swathi K Bhat (1.5); Sherlita Monteiro (0) lt to Sanchitha Kamath (1); Shreeshaila S (0) lt to Seema Melita Crasta (1); Vidyalakshmi K (1) bt Sheethal BG (0).