P. Harikrishna and B. Adhiban tied for the third spot in the final round of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess festival which concluded here.
Up against Hikaru Nakamura in the final round, Harikrishna had to undergo a long grind lasting almost six hours before he could secure a draw. Nakamura won the tournament with the draw taking his tally to 8.5 points out of a possible 10.
Adhiban continued with his fine run to beat last year’s winner Ivan Cheparinov of Bulgaria.
After World women’s champion Yifan Hou of China let David Howell of England off the hook, he finished clear second on eight points.
Among the Indian women, Padmini Rout held David Anton Gujjaro to a draw.
Important results: Final round (Indians unless specified): Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 8.5) drew with P. Harikrishna (7.5); Yifan Hou (Chn, 7.5) drew with David Howell (Eng, 8); Nikita Vitiugov (Rus, 7.5) drew with Axel Bachmann (Par, 7.5); Mateusz Bartel (Pol, 6.5) lost to Veselin Topalov (Bul, 7.5); Stefan Kuipers (6.5) lost to Maxim Matlakov (Rus, 7.5); Ivan Cheparinov (Bul, 6.5) lost to B. Adhiban (7.5); Wei Yi (Chn, 7.5) bt Ruben Felgaer (Arg, 6.5); Dennis Wagner (Ger, 7.5) bt Eduardo Iturrizaga (Ven, 6.5); Padmini Rout (6.5) drew with David Anton Guijarro (Esp, 6.5); Surya Shekhar Ganguly (6) lost to Deep Sengupta (7); Al-Sayed Mohammed (Qat, 6) lost to Sandipan Chanda (7); Debashis Das (6) drew with S. P. Sethuraman (6); D. Harika (5.5) lost to Viktor Bologan (Mda, 6.5); Arghyadip Das (5.5) lost to Grigoriy Oparin (Rus, 6.5); Wenjun Ju (Chn, 6.5) bt M. R. Venkatesh (5.5); Anna Muzychuk (Ukr, 6.5) bt Neelotpal Das (5.5); M. R. Lalith Babu (6.5) bt Gabor Nagy (Hun, 5.5); Sebastian Bogner (Sui, 5.5) drew with Eesha Karavade (5.5); Ellinor Frisk (Swe, 5) lost to V. Vishnu Prasanna (6); Boyer Censore Giuseppe Enmanu (Ven, 5) drew with Soumya Swaminathan (5).
