<p>Ashwin Jayaram emerged as the best Indian with a tied 13th place finish after settling for a draw with GM Boris Chatalbashev of Bulgaria in the ninth and final round of Grand Europe Albena Chess tournament here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>There was little to cheer for the Indian enthusiasts as highest rated Indian Abhijeet Gupta went down fighting against International Master Vitaliy Bernadskiy of Ukraine in his final round.<br /><br />Earlier in the eighth round Abhijeet had raised visions of an improved finish after outplaying Eylon Nakar of Israel.<br /><br />Tigran Petrosian of Armenia comprehensively won the tournament, defeating Levente Vajda of Romania in the last round. <br /><br />The Armenian finished with a very impressive eight points out of a possible nine and remained a full point clear of nearest rivals.<br /><br />Hrant Melkumyan of Armenia, Mircea-Emilian Parligras of Romania, Tamir Nabaty of Israel and Bernadskiy tied for the second spot on seven points each.<br /><br />Jayaram, who was on six points, ended in a tie for the 13th place along with Anurag Mahamal who defeated Melih Yurtseven of Turkey in the last game. Gupta, V Vishnu Prasanna and Swapnil Dhopade ended the tournament on a disappointing 5.5 points. <br />Gupta also lost valuable rating points that puts him below the 2600 rating mark again.<br /><br />Important final round results (Indians unless stated): Levente Vajda (Rou, 6.5) lt to Tigran Petrosian (Arm, 8); Hrant Melkumyan (Arm, 7) drew with Mircea-Emilian Parligras (Rou, 7); Tamir Nabaty (Isr, 7) bt Vladislav Nevednichy (Rou, 6.5); Vitaliy Bernadskiy (Ukr, 7) bt Abhijeet Gupta (6.5); Boris Chatalbashev (Bul, 6) drew with Ashwin Jayaram (6); Ogulcan Kanmazalp (Tur, 5.5) drew with V Vishnu Prasanna (5.5); Melih Yurtseven (Tur, 5) lt to Anurag Mhamal (6); Swapnil Dhopade (5.5) bt Abdalla Luiz Guilherme Aurell (Bra, 4.5); Vladimir Valkov (Bul, 3.5) lt to Sagar Shah (4.5); Veselij Gagarin (Rus, 4) drew with N Raghavi (4).<br /></p>
<p>Ashwin Jayaram emerged as the best Indian with a tied 13th place finish after settling for a draw with GM Boris Chatalbashev of Bulgaria in the ninth and final round of Grand Europe Albena Chess tournament here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>There was little to cheer for the Indian enthusiasts as highest rated Indian Abhijeet Gupta went down fighting against International Master Vitaliy Bernadskiy of Ukraine in his final round.<br /><br />Earlier in the eighth round Abhijeet had raised visions of an improved finish after outplaying Eylon Nakar of Israel.<br /><br />Tigran Petrosian of Armenia comprehensively won the tournament, defeating Levente Vajda of Romania in the last round. <br /><br />The Armenian finished with a very impressive eight points out of a possible nine and remained a full point clear of nearest rivals.<br /><br />Hrant Melkumyan of Armenia, Mircea-Emilian Parligras of Romania, Tamir Nabaty of Israel and Bernadskiy tied for the second spot on seven points each.<br /><br />Jayaram, who was on six points, ended in a tie for the 13th place along with Anurag Mahamal who defeated Melih Yurtseven of Turkey in the last game. Gupta, V Vishnu Prasanna and Swapnil Dhopade ended the tournament on a disappointing 5.5 points. <br />Gupta also lost valuable rating points that puts him below the 2600 rating mark again.<br /><br />Important final round results (Indians unless stated): Levente Vajda (Rou, 6.5) lt to Tigran Petrosian (Arm, 8); Hrant Melkumyan (Arm, 7) drew with Mircea-Emilian Parligras (Rou, 7); Tamir Nabaty (Isr, 7) bt Vladislav Nevednichy (Rou, 6.5); Vitaliy Bernadskiy (Ukr, 7) bt Abhijeet Gupta (6.5); Boris Chatalbashev (Bul, 6) drew with Ashwin Jayaram (6); Ogulcan Kanmazalp (Tur, 5.5) drew with V Vishnu Prasanna (5.5); Melih Yurtseven (Tur, 5) lt to Anurag Mhamal (6); Swapnil Dhopade (5.5) bt Abdalla Luiz Guilherme Aurell (Bra, 4.5); Vladimir Valkov (Bul, 3.5) lt to Sagar Shah (4.5); Veselij Gagarin (Rus, 4) drew with N Raghavi (4).<br /></p>