Toiletgate

So I know I'm late with this for all you chess fans.. Mig Greengard's chessninja.com and chessbase.com both have plenty of backround info on what happened about this, if you want more info. Basically, the Topalov team accused Kramnik of going to the bathroom 50+ times a game and possibly cheating. An appeal was submitted and ruled in favor of Topalov, Kramnik refuses to play game 5 and it's officially forfeited in favor of Topalov. This came after Topalov was down 2 points already after 4 games. I find it rather ridiculous myself. I blame all parties involved: FIDE for not creating a flexible enough contract to actually allow themselves to control possible cheating, Topalov for making a big deal out of this after losing 2 games that obviously weren't played well by either party, and Kramnik for not sucking it up and playing anyways to try to keep it a respectable match. The FIDE appeals committee ruled that both player's personal bathrooms be closed and one opened that would be shared by the players. People cite that a personal bathroom might be needed for Kramnik because of the health issues, but let's face it: if he can get through a press conference without rushing to the bathroom 10 times, he can get through a game sharing a bathroom with one other person. The fact that he complained about this doesn't give me any more respect for him. As far as I'm concerned, I'll grudgingly accept the winner of this to be the world champion, though a weak one at that, and hope that FIDE will learn from it's mistakes. I really don't feel like watching the match closely anymore, it's more of a circus these days than a chess match. Counting the forfeited game(which is being appealed by Kramnik, of course, though I think he has a good case to get it overturned), after 9 games the score is 5:4 in favor of Topalov, he came back and won 2 games himself. Grandmaster analysis of each game is provided at chessbase.com and Susan Polgar's Chess Blog.