Two players from Bengaluru, Amogh Bisht and Advaith Prabhuraj, with 5.5 points each, shared the lead after six rounds on the second day of the Karnataka State U-9 Open Chess Championship 2020 conducted by Mysore Chess Centre under the aegis of UKCA at the Mall of Mysore premises here yesterday.

In the U-9 Girls section, Rudra Rajeev of Mangaluru emerged as the sole leader with 5.5 points from six rounds.

Important results

U-9 Open (Sixth Round)

Advaith Prabhuraj (5.5) bt Sathvik Adiga (4.5); Amogh Bisht (5.5) bt Shree Suday Behra (4.5); Shreyas G. Kaushik (4) lost to Chinmay Koushik (5); ACM Bakshi Anshul (5) bt Sarthak Sharma (4); Agastya Ranjit (4) lost to Nivaan Raghavendra (5); Arun Sachin (4) lost to AFM A. Yuvanesh (5); E. Yashik Vihan (4) lost to Apaar Saxena (5).