Gm Wesley So

I hope that GM Wesley So finally gets back to his best form after beating IM Tatiana Kosintseva (2497) of Russia.

For the third time in this tournament (Aeroflot Open 2009), he will face a Russian opponent in Round 4 in the name of GM Sergey Grigoriants (2565).

We all know that his 2.0 points after three rounds were not really that impressive -- thanks for the 1.0 point extracted from Round 1 win against GM Anton Flippov (2556) of Uzbekistan.

It should have been 1.0 after three rounds.

Or worse, if not for the 'luck' in Round 1, his Round 3 game might have been affected by the supposed back-to-back losses.

It was a Russian opponent in Round 2, IM Pavel Ponkratov (2557), who dealt Wesley's first (and hopefully, last) bitter loss in this highly competitive tournament.

It's a Russian opponent again in Round 4. It's high time to show that he's not in anyway afraid of the Russians!

Go, Wesley! Conquer Moscow!!!

Watch Wesley's games:
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3