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NEW DELHI: Viswanathan Anand scored two victories when they really mattered and set up a much-awaited title-clash with Armenian hot favourite Levon Aronian in the FiNet Chess960 World chess championship in Mainz, Germany, on Wednesday. Anand, making his debut in the Chess960 format, defeated Uzbek Rustam Kasimdzhanov in just 21 moves in the fourth round and then nailed Frenchman Etienne Bacrot in 35 moves to ensure his place in the four-game final. In the sixth round, Anand and Aronian chose to reserve their energies for the battles ahead and drew in just 18 moves. Anand punished Kasimdzhanov after the Uzbek blundered a pawn early in the game. Against Bacrot, Anand held the whip and had five minutes on his clock as against just one for the Frenchman. Bacrot saw the futility of continuing and resigned. Kasimdzhanov, who shared the second spot with Anand after the first three rounds on Tuesday, lost all three rounds to finish last in the four-man field. In the FiNet rapid tournament played alongside, Grandmasters K. Sasikiran, P. Hari Krishna and Parimarjan Negi won their first two rounds to be among the leaders. The results: FiNet Chess960 World Championship: Sixth round: Levon Aronian (Arm, 4.5) drew with Viswanathan Anand (4); Etienne Bacrot (Fra, 2) bt Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzb, 1.5); Fifth round: Anand bt Bacrot; Kasimdzhanov lost to Aronian. Fourth round: Anand bt Kasimdzhanov; Bacrot drew with Aronian. FiNet rapid tournament (involving Indians): Second round: Oliver Kurmann (Sui, 1) lost to K. Sasikiran (2); P. Hari Krishna (2) bt Christian Maier (Ger, 1); Peter Luchtemeier (Ger, 1) lost to Parimarjan Negi (2). First ro und: Josef Gabriel (Ger) lost to Hari; Sasikiran bt Omri Schlesinger (Ger); Parimarjan bt Christiansen Sava (Rom).
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