…for 3rd/4th at Shamkir. Not a bad result, but not a good as he doubtless had hoped. He did gain a few rating points and performed at a 2811 level. Carlson performed at 2981 though. Good to see Anand up near the top, too.
Even after his quick start, there loomed having to run the gauntlet of Anand-Caruana-Carlsen at the end of the tournament. (0+ 1= 2-) Those might be the 3 opponents in which I’d consider So the underdog… maybe against Nakamura and Grischuk as well.
Sad news or good news, but Wesley won’t be facing any of those 3 (or 5) the rest of 2015, unless he gets the wild card invitation to the Sinquefield Cup in August (Or gets Nakamura in the Millionaire Open.)