PHILADELPHIA: Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi put up a creditable show at the World Open Chess tournament but narrowly missed the title after losing to higher-rated Russian GM Evgeny Najer in a tie-break.

There was a four-way tie for the top position with Negi, Najer, Slovakian GM Lubomir Ftacnik and GM Alexander Moiseenko of Ukrain, finishing with seven points apiece after the ninth and final round.