7/7 and almost 8/8 at Sinquefield Cup
It was love games until he conceded deuce in the eighth round to World Champion Magnus Carlsen due to an unforced error! He had earlier defeated the world champion in their first game of the ‘set’ when Carlsen played an opening dusted from the history books and succumbed. 7/7 and almost 8/8, Caruana ended his winning streak by drawing the last three games to finish a clear 3 points ahead. The margin and its message must have made Magnus Carlsen to sign the contract for "The royal combat in Sochi" just before the deadline, lest….! After all, the World Champion who perceives chess differently from many others and stands tall among the greats; is also a human and the thought that someone other than him can achieve such a feat would have his sense of invincibility shaken a bit and implanted the question “what if?” Fabiano Caruana’s amazing streak in Sinquefield Cup probably surpassed the achievement of the great Alekhine in Baden Baden, 1925 - at least on the