Final standings:

9.5 points -- O. Barbosa (Philippines)
9 -- J. Gomez (Philippines), B. Lalith (India).
8.5 -- M. Paragua (Philippines), M. Qun (China).
8 -- A. Deviatkin (India), C. Zeng (China), S. Vaibhav (India),   N. Shyam  (India),  A. Kunte  (India).


NEW  Delhi, India -- GM Oliver  Barbosa  emerged as the undisputed champion in the  10 th  Parsvnath  International GM chess  tournament at  the  Ludlow Castle Sports Complex  in  Civil Lines here Monday.

Barbosa outduelled  IM   Shyam Nikil  (ELO 2482)  in  the 11th and final    round  to finish  with  9.5 points  on  eight wins  and three draws.

Another Filipino campaigner, GM John Paul Gomez, shared second  to third places with  IM  Babu  Lalith of india with nine points.

Gomez drew with untitled   Ma  Qun of China, while Lalith  beat  felow  Indian   IM K. Rathnakaran .

In fourth  to fifth   places with   8.5 points   are  GM Mark Paragua of the Philippines, who smothered  GM  Evgeny Gleizerov of Russia, and  Qun.

The  fourth  Filipino entry, GM  Richard   Bitoon,  finished in a  tie   for  66th   to  94th   places with 6.5 points.

A  total of  304   players from  14  countries  from  all over the world  saw action in the prestigious, two-week long  competition.

India had 274 players, while China and the Philippines  fielded  four   players each.

The Filipinos’ campaign in  New Delhi is  part of the  country’s  preparation for  this  year’s  38th   World  Chess Olympiad in  Turkey.