World champion Viswanthan Anand recovered a little to beat Francisco Vallejo Pons of Ukraine in the tenth and final round of 4th Final Masters and had to be content with a fifth place finish in the six-player double round-robin that concluded here.Languishing at the last place at the start of the final round, the onus was on Anand to come out with flying colours and for once, Vallejo’s famous luck in the tournament deserted him as Anand proved superior on all grounds to score his second victory against the Spaniard.
World champion Viswanthan Anand finished fifth inBilbao. AFP Interestingly enough, Vallejo was Anand’s sole prize catch in the tournament as the World champion could not beat any of the other four contestants in the fortnight long event spread over Sao Paulo in Brazil and now here.Meanwhile, Magnus Carlsen of Norway came true to his words and won the title after wining the blitz finale against Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine who led the tournament right from the beginning. For the records Carlsen won by a 1.5-0.5 margin winning the second blitz game.
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