Young Indian Karma Pandya scored a big upset in the first round of Kavala International Open Chess tournament at Greece by defeating International Master Lela Jevakhshvili of Georgia. Pandya, however, lost to American Grandmaster Joshua Friedel in the second round match later in the day. Meanwhile, former World Junior girls' champion D Harika held top seeded Grandmaster Gabriel Sargissian of Armenia to an easy draw in the second round to stake her claim for the second Grandmaster norm. The Indian contingent was off to a flier in the first round as 2008 World Junior champion Abhijeet Gupta made short work of Women International Master Ekaterina Fakhiridou of Greece. After the lone double round of the tournament on the first day, Vishnu Prasanna and Grandmaster Tejas Bakre are among the 10 leaders in this strong 94 players' tournament. The pick of the Indian among leaders was Prasanna, who defeated Yaroslav Zinchenko of Ukraine in the second round after accounting for Grapsa Georgia of Greece in the opener.