At Bilbao, Spain, World champion Viswanathan Anand has been held to a draw by Fabiano Caruana of Italy in the eighth round of the fifth Final Masters Chess championship. The eighth draw in as many games means that Anand is now out of any real title contention in the six-player double round-robin tournament barring a miracle that seems pretty unlikely. At present, Anand has 8 points. With just two rounds remaining now, Caruana and World Number One Magnus Carlsen of Norway are firmly in front on 13 points in the soccer-like scoring system in place in the event. Levon Aronian of Armenia remains the only real threat to the two leaders on 10 points