In Chess, all the four Indian Grand Masters including teen sensation R Praggnanandhaa have bowed out of title contention in the Masters category of 18th Gibraltar Chess Festival in Gibraltar.

Grand Master Aryan Chopra secured the best finish among the Indians, taking the 11th place while Karthikeyan Murali was 13th. The experienced K Sasikiran took 18th spot while Praggnanandhaa was 20th.

Twenty-one-year old Russian David Paravyan beat compatriot Andrey Esipenko and China's Wango Hao in the tie-break to emerge champion following a play-off yesterday. Four players got into the play-offs after six had finished tied first on 7.5 points.