Top-seed WCM Isha Sharma of Dakshina Kannada (DK) (Rating 2012), playing with white pieces on the top board, scored a well-earned win over WCM A.N. Shefali (1) of Mandya, and with two points from two rounds, shared the lead with eleven other players at the end of the second round on the inaugural day of the Karnataka State Women’s Chess Championships-2018, conducted by Mysore Chess Centre under the aegis of UKCA at the Ursu Gymkhana premises here yesterday.

Important Results — 2nd Round: WCM Isha Sharma (2) bt WCM A.N. Shefali (1), M.N. Eshanvi (1) lost to Andria L. D’souza (2), Shalon Joanne Pais (2) bt Prasiddhi Bhat (1), K.G.R. Anagha (1) lost to M. Tulsi (2), H.R. Manasa (2) bt Dhanyatha Cory (1), K.R. Sara (1) lost to Nisha N. Patkar (2), Sanjana Raghunath (2) bt K.N. Sanjana (1), Vindya Sridhar (1) lost to Hemadri Sathish (2), Swara Lakshmi S. Nair (2) bt S.G. Vismitha (1), R. Ashritha (1) lost to P. Prema (2), Mahima Sherigar (2) bt Yashika R. Joshi (1), Sharadhi Shastry (2) bt K.R. Preema Leela (1).