So stylish

Today Wesley just shut it down, but Fabi obviously didn’t mind either. With this draw So is well on his way to tournament victory. I don’t see MLV beating his Berlin in the last round and I can’t imagine Aronjan beating Topalov neither in the Ruy Lopez nor in the Italian. Maybe Svidler will blow up against Anand, which is unlikely given their history, but even in that case Wesley is a favorite to win it all.

The surprising thing is that he actually admitted killing any play in the position in the interview. Usually listening to his interviews feels like a total waste of time to me, just like watching his games, but he was honest and one has to give him credit for it. So far Wesley has shown the modern blueprint for winning tournaments. Pleasing the spectators is not part of it and nobody can blame him.