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Thanks to 5 time Spanish National Champion, GM Paco Vallejo, for being my guest on Perpetual Chess this week.\xa0\xa0GM Vallejo had just returned from the Leon Masters Chess Tournament, featuring GM Wesley So, and young talents, GM elect- Ramesh Praggnanandhaa and IM Jaime Santos. Paco recapped the event for listeners, with a particular emphasis on the peculiar "dual blunder" that helped him get by IM Santos in the opening round.\xa0\xa0Other topics covered in our conversation: Paco discussed the experience of serving as a second to GM Topalov, and revealed why he is unlikely to pursue a similar job again.\xa0Paco discussed the challenges he has faced in his life away from the board over the past few years, including family issues and a vexing tax issue courtesy of the Spanish government.\xa0Paco gave detailed chess improvement advice to hungry chess students, and even\xa0gave some advice for male chess players looking to meet women!You can follow Paco on twitter here.or via his website here.\xa0To support the podcast go here.\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices