There seems no stopping Caruana as he mowed down Topalov’s Sicilian with a machine gun!  Granted, Topalov was having a bad day…and played poorly an already slightly inferior variation of the Sicilian.  As the second part of the Sinquefield Cup gets underway, psychology will play an important part: trying to ‘punish’ Caruana for humiliating the field in the first half will likely just play into his hands…

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Congrats to Paco and Olga for winning, respectively, the Spanish Championship (male/female). Their twitter accounts can be found on the right side of this blog.  Check them out!

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Meanwhile, back in Cuba…

That hurts just looking at her!    // //  ”She was a dancer at our hotel in Santa Lucia. One night after her performance I did a photo shoot with all the dancers. She was the most charismatic & def my favorite dancer. She could bend & move in any direction and still keep a smile.” Santa Lucia, 2013.Photo by Alejandro Santiago.