This has become a popular trend in Europe. The fans can watch the matches but it is nearly impossible for the players to see out because of the lighting situation and noises would not be a problem.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Inside the glass playing area
So it’s anti-cheating. Well done by the organizers. Now all the idiots talking about Topalov cheating can shut up now.
Indeed.
Pity these weren’t around in Fischer’s day. Might not have had the Game 2 default in the 1972 match.
Very interesting idea. If the players are comfortable with it and it doesnt obervers can see well, sounds cool. I agree with anon 3:30. Fischer would have liked these.
A.M.
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Topalov is using a radio controlled suppository.
Danialov is communicating through the suppository.
Topa is a cheater.
wormy
you mean vaginal suppository right?
Sometimes i really have enough of such comments. you are lucky you are not around
Topalov brought all this cheating allegations to himself with his extremely un-proffesional claims of Kramnik’s cheating at Elista.
“you are lucky you are not around”
You are right. I would probably get sick from being around you.
It sure does look like they can see out.
Cheating allegations were already against Topalov in 2005 when he won the tournament in San Luis. – It was not him who started all this!
That is a very good point.
It is noticeable that it is Kramnik or his mates who always START these things. Topalov then REACTS.
Kramnik’s mate Morozevich accused Topalov of cheating at San Luis 2005.
Then it was Kramnik who FIRST behaved very suspiciously without explanation at Elista.
Then it was Kramnik who FIRST broke the terms of the Elista match by obtaining an illegal match vs the Mexico winner.
Topalov THEN reacted by obtaining his own illegal match.
To Anon Knucklehead:
Topalov obviously started all this rancor in Elista. Your revisionist history is wanting. Do you even follow chess? Do you even know who Danialov is? Do you even know who Kirsan the Emperor is? Topalov started his ‘suspicions’ as a psychological ploy to take Kramnik off his game. Same thing happens in *every* WCC match. *EVERY*.
Your ignorance of International Chess at its highest level is staggering.
Go back to your dart game at the pub, *mate*, and toss back a pint for me.
There is nothing revisionist in saying Kramnik STARTED these things. If you don’t understand this, you are the ignorant one.
Kramnik STARTED the rancor in Elista by ‘going to the toilet’ god knows how many times, without explanation. (this ‘need to go to the toilet’ does not seem to have been a problem of his since, eg the Fritz match when his silicon opponent could not be disturbed by such a tactic.)
It was thus he who FIRST used a psychological ploy at Elista to put his opponent off his game.
Unfortunately, his ploy succeeded all too well, considering the extraordinary blunders that Topalov made in the first two games, these virtually deciding the match.