New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Third seed Iranian Grandmaster Maghami Ehsan Ghaem ensured a thrilling end to the 8th Parsvnath International Chess Tournament by settling for a draw with Bangladeshi Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman in the eleventh and final round at Modern School here Friday.

Maghami tied for the top spot along with Russian Grandmaster Dmitry Kryakvin and Grandmaster Pavel Kostur of Kazakhstan with 9 points each but better tie break score helped Maghami to take the winners trophy and pocketed a shared cash prize of Rs. 200,000 while Kryakvin finished second. Kostur had to contend with the third spot.

In the final round encounters Kryakvin overcame second seed Slovenian Grandmaster Lenic Luka while Kostur defeated Uzbek Grandmaster Marat Dzhumaev to catch up with Maghami for the pole position. Young Indian International Master Deep Sengupta finished a creditable sixth position in the field of 22 Grandmasters.

Women International Master Muminova Nafisa and International Master P. Karthikeyan bagged Best Women and Best Junior player prizes respectively.

Grandmaster Vul Arkadi Eremmeevich of Russia was adjudged as Best Veteran player and Maharjan Herkaji of Nepal secured Best Unrated player prize. Rahul Sangma and Tania Sachdev won the Best Delhi Player and Best Women players prizes.