
The word Toiletgate has been mentioned a few times again in Hoogeveen. Yesterday Dutch journalist Gert Ligerink
interviewed Topalov and thus gave him a chance to tell his part of the story to the world. The day before yesterday Veselin smiled and said in the pressroom: "I will not play here without cameras in the toilets." Judit Polgar answered to that: "Well, not in my toilet!" Topalov then added: "And I want the tapes too!" Today Topalov's manager Silvio Danailov, who joined his proteg?ɬ© yesterday, showed that he too brought his sense of humour to Hoogeveen.

What's in that toilet...?

...hm, time is still ticking.

Judit Polgar won again today - actually she always plays well in Hoogeveen.

And Topalov today showed that he's still a fighter. He got his first victory since Elista.Some extra photos of today from the open group:

Anatoly Donchenko

Dutch national champion Zhaoqin Peng

David Smerdon uit Australi?ɬ´

Arlette van Weersel

Arkadi Vul

Arbiter and IM Rob Hartoch, who sometimes has an opinion about a position as well!