In keeping with the expectations, top seed Sahaj Grover retained the Boardwalk Pearson Grandmasters chess tournament after aggregating seven points from 10 rounds here.
The 23-year-old, who ensured the title with a round to spare, drew the final round with Belarus GM Sergey Kasparov to top the six-player double round-robin league.
Rated 2511, Grover remained unbeaten. He scored four wins, including both encounters against second seeded Turkish GM Kivanc Haznedaroaglu, rated 2472.
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There was a two-way tie for the runner-up spot at 5.5 points. French GM Thal Abergei was adjudged second on superior tie-break score as compared to Kasparov.
Haznedaroglu finished fourth with five points, ahead of the two South Africans Daniel Cawdrey (4.5) and Jan van Zyl-Rudd (2.5 points), who finished runner-up and third last year.
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