Wesley the true barakuda...a salmon who earned his way to the top of the waterfalls from below without kissing organizers salty ass...>

He wanted to bring the old feeling back...lost because of all the endorsements and modeling contracts.

You speak the truth.

Salmon can make amazing journeys, sometimes moving hundreds of miles upstream against strong currents and rapids to reproduce. Chinook and sockeye salmon from central Idaho, for example, travel over 900 miles (1,400 km) and climb nearly 7,000 feet (2,100 m) from the Pacific ocean as they return to spawn. Condition tends to deteriorate the longer the fish remain in fresh water, and they then deteriorate further after they spawn, when they are known as kelts. In all species of Pacific salmon, the mature individuals die within a few days or weeks of spawning,

But death only comes after releasing all those libido...in this case Wes retiring after becoming world champion. ..his dream becoming true ...

Wesley declared so in an interview:

Interviewer: Who will be world champion in 2020?

Wesley <the gentle mauler> So: Personally, I think for sure it will be Magnus Carlsen, who would have been defending his title for a couple of years already.

Why so much optimism?

Look at how young Radjabov, Bacrot, Grischuk, Leko, Polgar, and Karjakin were when they rose to prominence. Which has ever been the number one player in the world? None. At least Leko played for the championship. On the other hand, Carlsen is already number one.

His fans are blaming everybody but themselves for his predicament.

His current rating and place in the world rankings is irrelevant. FIDE ranking defective as being discriminatory in favor of European and Russian players.

Look at the ICC instead where everybody can play...a more level playing field compared to FIDE.

http://www.cs.utu.fi/~juhkivij/ches...

Wesley is ranked 16th all time great inspite of playing only a minimal of 105 games. Compare this for example with Naka who has already more than 15,000 games. If Wes would continue playing his rating would go over and beyond the charts!

Also consider that Wes was once the youngest GM in the world at 14 plus years of age...and the youngest in chess history to break the 2600 mark.

What more proof do you want? Are you plain blind or r u stupid or something?

Wesley So is already 18 years old and hasn't yet cracked the top 40 or 2700 Elo. Unless he undergoes some kind of miracle of biblical proportions, he will likely never reach the top 10, let alone become the world champion.

According to the Chessmetrics site, the highest rated 18-year-olds of all time were:

Kasparov, Kramnik, Fischer, Ponomariov, Kamsky, and Spassky. Five of the six became world champions.

On the other hand, the highest rated 14-year-olds of all time were:

Polgar, Karjakin, Kramnik, Fischer, Leko, Radjabov, and Kasparov. The results are more mixed here, as Polgar, Karjakin, and Radjabov have yet to even challenge for the championship in a match.

It goes to show that there are many players who can be called "flash in the pan."

Why you keep following me around and always arguing against my sentiments for Mr. So?

Instead why not find somebody to root for and be positive for once in your life!

Your prediction makes Nostradamus rise from the grave and give you a spanking in your hairy naked rear.

You have the right to imagine all ridiculous scenarios and hocus focus all your sorry life. But that does not make you right. Infact, it makes you rather funny.

Wesley So is the real deal...said Susan Polgar. As did Gelfand and Carlsen chose him from all the rest to be his training partner.

He does not practice the art of butt licking as all the rest of the bloated and alleged top GMs to get the invitation...that's why.

And the sponsors have sore eyes..can't distinguish a real gem from a chaff of rice.>

Try inviting Wes to Linares, Corus A, Dortmund, M-Tel for once...well see if his elo will not zoom like a rocket.

If you win wherever you're invited, you're likely to get invited to better and better events, and your Elo rating will improve if you keep performing well. It's not like Kasparov, Karpov, Kramnik, Ivanchuk, and Topalov were invited to Linares when they were 10 years old. They had to earn their way there like everyone else. But by the time he was 18 years old, Kasparov, for instance, was playing (and winning) major tournaments and being invited everywhere.

In 1989, little known Sofia Polgar won the Rome Open -- hardly Linares or Corus -- at the age of 14, defeating several GMs and earning a performance rating of 2735 along the way. I'm sure that after that performance she was invited to more tournaments than she could possibly attend.