October 12, 2011 10:37 AM

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Anand settles down for fifth position in Final Masters

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 at Bilbao, Spain.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 in Spain.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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