But loo and blue chequered the mind game
B Shrikant
Mumbai, December 24, 2006
Chess could not have produced a bigger farce than what happened at the World Championship Unification match between Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov.
And that too, in the backyard of FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in Elista, the capital of Kalmykia which he rules with an iron fist. If only the FIDE boss had used the same iron fist in dealing with the ‘toiletgate’, chess would have not seen the bizarre incidents that happened in Elista.
As a rule, the classical world championship finals generate lot of heat and controversy because of the bloated egos of the players involved.
The full article is here. 
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
boring boring boring same over every few days
What is harsh about this article? It’s just honest and neutral.
Perhaps harsh, but definitely on the mark.