50 times to the bathroom?
Kramnik has been accused by the Bulgarian delegation of going to the toilet as many as 50 times during the World Championship games.
I think I don’t even go to the loo that many times in a week!! That’s just pissing ridiculous 
The logical question arises: How many times during a game does a player need to go to the bathroom and with what regularity? The logical answer is: between 5 -10 times at the most, but not 50 as the statistics from the games played so far shows.
..part of the letter to the mass media written by Silvio Danailov, Manager of the Bulgarian team
Susan Polgar comments:
I also like to point out that I do not think that either player has cheated. But this scandal and the implanted chip allegation make chess look bad, especially the players and their managers.
Read more from Susan Polgar blog article - Who’s in charge? Time for a Chess Commissioner?
That’s the latest controversy that threatens the World Championship now. Will Topalov play tonight?
According to the Bulgarian delegation, going more than 50 times to the bathroom with no surveillance cameras looks a little suspicious. Personally I feel that 50 times to the bathroom is not “a little suspicious” - it is VERY suspicious. Unless of course the bathroom is a posh one with confortable sofas etc. or Kramnik has a serious bladder problem.
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Comments
Objectively speaking, going to the toilet often is no different from Topalov’s trainer sitting in the front row in full view of other players. Actually, that can easily give rise to opportunities to cheat openly by using body language to transmit suggested game moves.
It may be psychological mind games but it is not specifically against match rules. Topalov could, for example, use a different pen to record each move and that can also be open to accusations as well.
I think it is a sore loser complaining. It is known that Kramnik has health problems, and would a world class player like Kramnik do such an obvious thing that can be found out? Cheating charges were levied against Topalov when he won his crown, rumoured to be by GM K.