The Scandal, surrounding the accusations that the Bulgarian Chess player No 1 Veselin Topalov is winning his matches unfairly, continues to gain strength. In its issue from today the Russian magazine Komersant publishes an article, which states that the Bulgarian gross-master received advice from his manager Silvio Danailov during a tournament in the Dutch town of Vaik an Zee and there was even a video recording of it. Because of this, the Association of Professional Chess players will probably investigate the case of the Russian accusations.
Silvio Danailov said he would seek responsibility from anyone, who is undermining the prestige of Veselin Topalov.
‘One man already faced the court. This is Martin Breitigan, who works for the German Suddeutche Zeitung. Kommersant is also to face such claim’, Danailov said.
Veseiln Topalov is currently in a Spanish village training for the Morelia-Linares tournament, which starts on February 17th.
