lainulo: Wesley's loss record from 2012 to 2015:
<2012>- 2 losses
1. W So vs M Vachier-Lagrave 0-1 53 2012 SPICE Cup D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation
2 . Naiditsch vs W So 1-0 54 2012 French Team Championship C42 Petrov Defense
<2013>- 1 loss
1. Tomashevsky vs W So 1-0 51 2013 World Cup D97 Grunfeld, Russian
<2014>- 3 losses
1. W So vs K Akshayraj 0-1 23 2014 College Final Four D94 Grunfeld
2. Aronian vs W So 1-0 36 2014 Tata Steel A15 English
3. L Dominguez vs W So 1-0 21 2014 Tata Steel C42 Petrov Defense
<2015>- 10 losses and counting...and were halfthru the year...
1. W So vs S Fedorchuk 0-1 31 2015 French Team Championship A27 English, Three Knights System
2. W So vs S Sevian 0-1 41 2015 US Championships D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
3. W So vs Naiditsch 0-1 36 2015 Dortmund D37 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. Caruana vs W So 1-0 51 2015 Gashimov Memorial E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
5. Anand vs W So 1-0 45 2015 Gashimov Memorial C78 Ruy Lopez
6. W So vs Akobian 0-1 6 2015 US Championships D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
7. A Giri vs W So 1-0 111 2015 Tata Steel A13 English
8. C Holt vs W So 1-0 35 2015 US Championships D97 Grunfeld, Russian
9. Nisipeanu vs W So 1-0 28 2015 Dortmund B23 Sicilian, Closed
10. Robson vs W So 1-0 42 2015 US Championships C67 Ruy Lopez
This year, Wesley's performance drops abruptly for the worst compared to his virtuoso performance in previous years. What could possibly explain this phenomenon?
The losses against Sevian, Holt, Nisipeanu, Robson and Naiditzh were so horrible, Wesley would commit blunder after another...I've never seen him play like this before.
I would like to solicit the help of Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) to investigate the cause of this horrific collapse in form .
They need to gather finger prints and forensic evidence to find the perpetrator of this act of vandalism.... Who can the culprit be?