India’s Lalit Babu clinched the Mumbai International Grandmaster Chess tournament title after pipping Mamikon Gharibyan of Armenia on the basis of a higher tie-break score on Wednesday.

GM Babu won his ninth and final round match against top seeded Georgian GM Lavin Pantsulaia to accumulate eight points. But, he had to spend some anxious moments as Gharibyan also tallied eight points after winning his final match against Indian GM Neeloptal Das.

However, Babu’s higher tie-break score of 54.5 as compared to Gharibyan’s 54 ensured that the Indian laid his hands on the glittering trophy and took home the winner’s purse of Rs 4 lakh.