Sao Paulo (Brazil): World Champion Viswanathan Anand mediocre performance at the 5th Final Masters continued as he played out his second consecutive here.
The Indian player who drew his first leg with Vallejo Pons was held by Levon Aronian of Armenia on the white board.
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Results: Viswanathan Anand (Ind, 2) drew with Levon Aronian (Arm, 4); Francisco Vallejo Pons (Esp, 1) lost to Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 3); Sergey Karjakin (Rus, 0) lost to Fabiano Caruana (Ita, 6).
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Anand playing in his first tournament after his world championship triumph now has only three whites and five black games remaining.
Fabiano Caruana of Italy registered his second win of the tournament after beating Russian Sergey Karjakin.
Meanwhile, Norwegian Magnus Carlsen after a first round loss beat Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain.
By Indian Sports News Network
