Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran squandered several chances as GM Bartlomiej Macieja of Poland stretched their third round match to a tie-breaker in the World Chess cup here.

The match ended in a draw.

After an easy draw with black in game one of this mini-match, Sasikiran misplayed a completely winning position in the second game and had to settle for a draw following tenacious play by Macieja.

The two will now progress to the tie-breaker stage.