Indians, notably the two former National A champions P Konguvel and Abhijit Kunte, had started their campaign in style, but faltered in the final rounds and lost the initiative of earning the all important GM norms.

The best performance among Indians was given by International Master D V Prasad (5.5). He drew with GM John Van Der Wiel in the final round and stands to gain 12 Elo points.

IM Konguvel (5) was unfortunate as he lost in the final two rounds when he needed just one point from these games to earn his maiden GM norm. Konguvel's showing here will give him 17 Elo points.

Kunte (5) also faced similar fate as Konguvel when he also blew away his chances of earning the final GM norm. After remaining unbeaten till the seventhround, he needed two points to take the GM title but made serious mistakes in the eighth game against GM Ljubomir Ftacnik which cost him dear.

In the final two rounds, Kunte drew both the games against lower rated opponents but managed to maintain his high rating of 2505 Elo points.Rahul Shetty (3.5) had a consolation win in the final round against T Kokkila of Finland, but missed many winning chances in his earlier games as he had problems adjusting with the new time control here.