Not showing his best form, Gupta remained on 4.5 points out of seven rounds and will now have to win the remaining two games to get back the important rating points.
In what turned out to be a mixed day for Indians in the fray, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi was also held to a draw by Federico Perez Ponsa of France and only moved up to five points. Also moving up to same tally were Grandmasters G N Gopal, S Arun Prasad and Sandipan Chanda.
Gopal, who is staging a fine comeback after losing the first round, defeated Nikolay Milchev of Bulgaria with white pieces and can now look forward to an improved performance in the last two remaining games.
Chanda had it easy against Yago De Moura Santiago of Brazil while Arun Prasad continued his good run and held another higher rated - Kirill Stupak of Belarus to a draw.
Among other Indians, Vishnu Prasanna did well to hold highly rated Mykhailo Oleksiyenko of Ukraine to a draw while Sahaj Grover split points with Vincent Riff of France. Both Grover and Prasanna are on 4.5 points.
Grandmaster S Kidambi found his nemesis in Alexander Fier of Brazil and remained on four points while M R Venkatesh added a full point to move to 4.5 at the expense of Hector FIori of Argentina.
Vasilios Kotronias of Greece emerged as the new sole leader in the nine-round 30000-Euros prize money tournament defeating Igor Kovalenko of Latvia. With six points in his kitty, Kotronias is now followed by as many as seven players on 5.5 including top seed Li Chao of China.
Gujrathi, Chanda, Gopal and Arun Prasad currently share the eighth spot.
It turned out to be a forgettable day for Gupta as he miscalculated early. For the records, it was a King's Indian defense classical system wherein Gupta erred early and his king side came under pressure. The Indian did try to hold the position for a long time after losing a couple of pawns but Kulaots technique proved stronger as the Estonian won in the endgame.
Gujrathi started with the King's Indian defense but things did not go as per plans as Perez Monsa sacrificed a piece early in the Saemisch variation with black pieces. The Indian decided to reach a rook and minor piece endgame that proved only good for a draw after 41 moves.
Important and Indian results of round 7 (Indians unless specified): Axel Bachmann (PAR, 5.5) drew with Li Chao (CHN, 5.5); Igor Kovalenko (LAT, 5) lost to Vasilios Kotronias (GRE, 6); Vladimir Onischuk (UKR, 5.5) drew with Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (BRA, 5.5); Abhijeet Gupta (4.5) lost to Kaido Kulaots (EST, 5.5); Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (5) drew with Federico Perez Ponsa (ARG, 5); S Arun Prasad drew with Kirill Stupak (BLR, 5); V Vishnu Prasanna (4.5) drew with Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko (UKR, 4.5); Alexandr Fier (BRA, 5) beat S Kidambi (4); G N Gopal (5) beat Nikolay Milchev (BUL, 4); Sandipan Chanda (5) beat Yago De Moura Santiago (BRA, 4); Vincent Riff (FRA, 4.5) drew with Sahaj Grover (4.5); Hector Fiori (ARG, 3.5) lost to M R Venkatesh.
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