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RN97
09-12-2016, 05:05 PM
One of my favorite chess players.
http://i.imgur.com/ViZOS17.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/1OJCWMN.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/oSqticv.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/LukY6aR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/arcrh8p.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/CDPmtp8.jpg
MysteriousWays
09-12-2016, 05:09 PM
Very central Italian or possibly southern Italy in the mainland. Mostly med with a little alpine I think, but tough to really tell in all honesty. Very blended.
MysteriousWays
09-12-2016, 05:18 PM
Actually let's make it blended gracile atlanto med, no alpine.
kiko
09-12-2016, 05:29 PM
Gracile-Med + Alpine
RN97
09-12-2016, 05:31 PM
IMO he is alpinized dinaro-med.
Typical v-shaped profile, only alpinized. The med causes his skull to be longer.
Anyone else?
The Blade
09-12-2016, 05:39 PM
Mostly Gracile Med.
Sikeliot
09-12-2016, 05:40 PM
Very central Italian or possibly southern Italy in the mainland.

Caruana is a Sicilian surname from Agrigento. It means someone from Kairouan in Tunisia.
Bagot
09-12-2016, 05:43 PM
Caruana is a Sicilian surname from Agrigento. It means someone from Kairouan in Tunisia.

Source?
Sikeliot
09-12-2016, 05:53 PM
Source?

It's obvious. Go here: http://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-cognomi-italiani/CARUANA/SICILIA


and here:

http://www.gens.info/lib/cog/maps/cognomi/C/CARUANA.gif
Tacitus
09-12-2016, 05:54 PM
Source?

Not a definitive source, but this site says it could be derived from the Sicilian word for "caravan" or possibly the castor plant: http://www.siciliainformazioni.com/francesco-miranda/150845/cognomi-come-brand-mogavero-caruana-tamajo-crisafulli


Caruana nasce dalla cognominizzazione del termine dialettale siciliano “caruana” (o caruvana, carvana, caravana), che ha il significato di grande folla, moltitudine, codazzo, seguito. Potrebbe derivare, ma ci sembra improbabile, dal termine botanico “carvana” che significa “ricino”, pianta appartenente alla famiglia delle “euphorbiaceae”, da cui si ricava il noto olio di ricino.