1. Oktober
"The Bulgarian grand chess master Veselin Topalov gave an interview to the
Russian edition ‘Sport Report’ in which he states he wants the match for the
absolute world chess title to continue.
“At the moment I only know that there won’t be a game today. All the
negotiations on my part are being led by my personal manager Silvio
Danailov,” Mr. Topalov said.
On the question what his mood is the Bulgarian champion replied: “Absolutely
normal. I am preparing for the next game. I strongly hope the match would
continue. There won’t be any hindrances on my part”.
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“We made a compromise and agreed Mr. Kramnik to use the toilet in his
restroom," Topalov’s manager Silvio Danailov said. “We decided he would use
one and the same room, we gave him the bigger one. The president of the
International Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov called
the Minister of Construction of Kalmikiya to cooperate the two toilets to be
knocked down and new ones to be build under the supervision of Bulgarian
experts. We, however, refused. We decided it was enough for us to check the
toilet couple of hours before each game”.
However, the issue with the result remains unsolved. Kramnik insists the
match should continue with a 3:1 result. The position of the Bulgarian team
is that the 3:2 result has been fixed by the judge and it is impossible to be
changed. “If the result of the fifth game is cancelled we are leaving the
match. It is unacceptable Kramnik to play games with everyone and most of all
with FIDE and the organizers,” Mr. Danailov comments.