Well, there's this 2010 business of defending his title against a player who is monitoring his every move from afar. Given how close he might be to retirement, I'd think he'd prefer to keep his cards (NEW opening prep/novelties) close to his chest and just enjoy the tournament ... defending the title ONE MORE TIME would be a bigger priority than going all out like Shirov here. (Assuming anyone can! :))
He has enough fans and doesn't need to win more by being a risk-taking showman here.
I don't understand, why he is drawing all matches, he drew all his five matches. How he will win the title, if he don't win games.