BIEL (Switzerland), Aug 4: India’s teenaged Grandmaster Nihal Sarin drew against French GM Maxime Lagarde in the seventh and final round of the Classical section of the Grandmaster Triathlon at the Biel Chess Festival here on Wednesday to finish third in the overall standings.
Veteran American player Gata Kamsky, who established an early lead with a good performance in the Rapid event held on to win the title despite a below par showing in the Blitz section.
He finished with 35 points (from 7 rounds of rapid, 14 rounds of Blitz and seven classical games) and emerged champion.
He beat young German GM Vincent Keymer in the seventh round.
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